1. Opinion polls waver, but for the first time the authoritarian PRI is facing a viable challenge in a transparent election process. 2. Since taking office, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo has pushed and prodded -- often over howls of protest from his own party -- for what Mexicans call transparent elections. 3. He should negotiate a power share with Mr. Kabila and a transition to free and transparent elections supervised by the international community, a student, Elie, suggested. 4. And the French foreign ministry reaffirmed the need to respect the Lome accord and hold transparent elections. 5. They also urged politicians to introduce a transparent election system. 6. Tumi said he, too, saw the prospects for organising transparent elections in one, short week as slim. |
|