1.   But presumably they would hold mock city hall meetings and other gatherings to publicize the opposition cause.

2.   He was won over to the opposition cause and systematically divulged information on secret service operations to Soviet dissidents.

3.   Mahathir also slammed the foreign media for helping champion the opposition cause and warned that the authorities were monitoring the opposition campaigns very closely.

4.   The ill-health of Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana, now hospitalised in New Zealand with a heart condition, may also help the opposition cause.