21.   Chuan then evicted the NAP and, rather than call new elections, brought the opposition Chart Patana party into his administration.

22.   The president could theoretically appoint a new prime minister of his choosing, or find a new Socialist candidate for prime minister rather than call early elections.

23.   The likelihood of an alternative government not headed by Berlusconi -- who has to date demanded that the president call snap elections instead -- grew Monday.