21.   Privatization could become a political albatross for the ruling party.

22.   Angola, which had observer status, was represented by a member of the political bureau of the ruling party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola.

23.   Baker also held talks with opposition leaders who expressed willingness to discuss the formation of a coalition with the ruling party and government.

24.   The announcement had brought fierce protests not only from the left but also from within the ruling New Democracy party.

25.   The President also announced changes within the administrative apparatus of the ruling party, and transferred Lt.-Gen.

26.   A close associate of the President, he had nevertheless distanced himself from the ruling party, the Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution.

27.   Until the collapse of the Doe government, the ruling party had been his National Democratic Party of Liberia.

28.   The Botswana Democratic Party, has been the ruling party since independence.

29.   The former ruling party argued that it was the only party able to maintain peace and stability, while the MMD was untried and tribalistic.

30.   The former guerrilla group Alfaro Vive, Carajo!