21. In national opinion polls, the opposition coalition of Liberal and National parties has widened its lead over Labor. 22. In the smaller cities where the opposition coalition has started to run municipal governments, they have found depleted budgets and purposeful ransacking of government property by the Socialists. 23. It is an effort, the Pavlovics say, to get rid of Milosevic, rather than to elevate the leaders of the opposition coalition. 24. It would also assist the opposition coalition in its struggle to topple Milosevic in elections later this year. 25. Labor is trailing the opposition conservative coalition, led by John Howard, in opinion polls. 26. One sign of the times is that the new leader of the opposition coalition that organized the street demonstrations two years ago is Nebojsa Covic. 27. Since John Howard became opposition leader early last year, major opinion polls consistently have shown the opposition coalition ahead of the Labor Party. 28. The demonstrations began after Milosevic annulled the electoral victories of an opposition coalition in several major cities last month. 29. The economy is shaping up as one of the major issues for the government and the opposition coalition in the run-up to the election. 30. The disintegration of the opposition coalition Zajedno, which last winter led street protests against Milosovic, has left most Serbs bitter or apathetic. |
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