21.   Montree, who has refused any Cabinet portfolio, claiming ill health, will reportedly take on the deputy premiership currently held by deputy SAP leader Suwit Khunkitti.

22.   Sarayrah had championed such a plan when he held the same Cabinet portfolio three years ago.

23.   Some from these parties who held cabinet portfolios also broke away from the government.

24.   Solicitor General Herb Grey, whose Cabinet portfolio includes prisons, said Edwards would leave for another civil service job as soon as a replacement was found.

25.   The division of Cabinet portfolios among coalition members is always a sticky problem and usually the object of long and difficult negotiations.

26.   The new division of Cabinet portfolios reflects the election result.

27.   THE Social Action Party will stick to its present Cabinet portfolios despite harsh censure by the opposition last week, SAP leader Montree Pongpanit said Tuesday.

28.   Though Mori has a solid record as a leader within the ruling party, he has a relatively weak Cabinet portfolio.

29.   Vajpayee faces the daunting task of pleasing all his allies in distributing Cabinet portfolios.

30.   He added that cabinet portfolios would be allocated Wednesday.