1.   Like it or not, every state needs a certain minimum talent level in its lawmaking body.

2.   Last year, Preval appointed a new prime minister, but only after Parliament was dissolved, and the nation has been without a lawmaking body since then.

3.   Lawmaking bodies and the criminal justice system are obligated to make sure that those boundaries remain clearly marked.

4.   Plavsic issued the decree dissolving parliament Thursday, but allies of wartime leader Karadzic, who dominate the lawmaking body, refused to recognize the move.

5.   Plavsic issued the decree dissolving parliament Thursday, but allies of Karadzic, who dominate the lawmaking body, refused to recognize the move, saying it was illegal.

6.   But allies of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, who dominate the lawmaking body, refuse to recognize the decree.

7.   But allies of the wartime leader, who dominate the lawmaking body, refused to recognize the decree.

8.   But Noer Iskandar al-Barsany, deputy chairman of the lawmaking body of Moslem group Nadhlatul Ulama, considered such a dialog a very practical proposal.

9.   He also pointed out that the free trade accord must work with laws passed by independent lawmaking bodies.

10.   However, the current lawmaking body appears unlikely to approve of expanding the union.