1.   He is busy trying to buttress his party to win parliament elections next April.

2.   Moreover, few politicians are likely to endorse any meaningful reduction in public spending before parliament elections, which must be called by September.

3.   Parliament elections are due later in the year.

4.   A group of international monitors has arrived in Yemen to oversee parliament elections next month.

5.   A Muslim extremist group on Monday urged Egyptians to boycott upcoming parliament elections, arguing that they violate Islamic principles.

6.   All candidates for parliament elections in September were obligated to state whether they had collaborated with the communists.

7.   Although technically outlawed, it has been allowed to operate openly and to field candidates in parliament elections under the banner of other opposition parties.

8.   And many voters who backed other left-wing parties in the parliament elections are likely to vote Communist in the presidential race.

9.   By holding the referendum before the parliament elections, Musharraf would secure his position regardless of the outcome of the October vote.

10.   Dongo formerly held the seat but was removed by the party hierarchy before parliament elections in April for criticizing government corruption.