11.   If a Yeltsin nominee is not approved after three votes, the president has the right to disband parliament.

12.   Preval also has refused to approve four nominees for premier and has vowed to appoint a government by decree.

13.   The president praised parliamentary leaders Friday for showing willingness to compromise, but himself demonstrated little desire to bend on Kiriyenko and said parliament must approve the nominee.

14.   The three nominees were all approved by the American Bar Association.

15.   While the prime minister and his cabinet have continued as caretakers, the president has refused to approve five nominees put forward by the democrats.

16.   Yeltsin made the offer in hopes that the opposition-led parliament would approve his nominee for prime minister, Sergei Kiriyenko.