21.   At stake in the short term is the influential post of speaker of parliament, while inter-party bargaining lies ahead to nominate presidential candidates.

22.   They also coincides with the election Wednesday of a serious political rival to Kravchuk, conservative Alexander Moroz, to the influential post of speaker of the Ukrainian parliament.

23.   It also coincides with the election on Wednesday of a serious political rival to Kravchuk to the influential post of speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, conservative Alexander Moroz.

24.   Lebed later joined Yeltsin in a coalition that helped the Russian leader win victory in the Russian election and was given the influential post of national security chief.

25.   That influential post has been reserved for Democrat secretary-general Sanan Kachornprasart.

26.   The influential post could go either to the foreign minister or the minister for external trade, once the presidency agrees on either.