11.   State Party Chairman Bill Press said the party will oppose the repeal initiative.

12.   Such a bold step, however, is unlikely now since the governing party nominally opposes independence.

13.   The communist party opposes the welfare cuts unequivocally.

14.   The main opposition parties oppose those bills, however, arguing that it will give the Ministry of Finance and Economy too much power.

15.   The party officially opposes EMU, and is equally averse to the sale of stakes in state-owned companies.

16.   The party opposes race-based remedies, but it evokes them to get the districts it wants.

17.   The platform specifically says the party opposes tax cuts until the national debt is paid down.

18.   The party also opposes artificial fertilization for unmarried couples, homosexuals, and single women.

19.   The party opposes immigration, and some charge that it is racist and xenophobic.

20.   The Senate president, Enrique Jackson, a PRI leader, flatly says the party will oppose it.