1.   Past elections yielded a kaleidoscope of parties and splinter groups that made any parliament majority unstable at best.

2.   As a result, Barak lost his parliament majority and was crushed by lifelong hard-liner Ariel Sharon in a special election for prime minister four months ago.

3.   But the current president, prime minister, and parliament majority are former communists.

4.   Ferrara denounced suggestions by Bossi and leftist government opponents that a new parliament majority could be formed without elections.

5.   Ferrara denounced suggestions by Northern League leader Umberto Bossi and leftist government opponents that a new parliament majority could be formed without elections.

6.   Gianfranco Fini, leader of the right-wing National Alliance party, criticized efforts to try to form a new parliament majority under a new premier.

7.   Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu cobbled together a parliament majority Monday, bringing a party of Russian immigrants into his coalition of right-wing and religious groups.

8.   Secular-minded parties will likely try to set aside their differences and cobble together a parliament majority that can lead until early general elections in April.

9.   So far Dodik had the support of the parliament majority as well as the international community.

10.   The candidate must then be approved by a parliament majority.