1.   All unions have been Declared illegal by the ruling party.

2.   For the ruling party, the National Assembly elections would provide a chance to extend its considerable power.

3.   He accused the ruling party of rigging the elections.

4.   Investors were concerned that allegations of corruption against the ruling party would hurt consumer confidence and economic growth.

5.   Rarely has division within a ruling party been so bitter.

6.   Renong, former commercial arm of the ruling party, received an injection of capital.

7.   Ruling party President Vassiliou was elected as an independent, and his administration is nominally a non-party one.

8.   The close integration of labour with the ruling party means that labour has no independent base.

9.   The congress went further, straying close to a frontal attack on the ruling party.

10.   The crisis sparked after the ruling party rushed through revisions of the labor and national security laws in a semi-secret parliamentary session.