31.   A bill formally legalizing the new parties was not expected to be enacted before April.

32.   Its founders announced that the new party would have no relations with the CPSU.

33.   Former Civic Forum chairman and federal Finance Minister Vaclav Klaus was elected overwhelmingly as chairman of the new party.

34.   The new party dissociated itself from the mistakes of its predecessor.

35.   Party members were to reregister voluntarily in the new party.

36.   According to Subaire the new party would serve Moslems in the enclave who for years had had to rely on other parties to include Moslem representatives among their candidates.

37.   Martin Porubjak was elected chairman of the new party.

38.   The chair of the Federation, Petko Simeonov, was elected chair of the new party.

39.   De Rossa said that his breakaway group would form a new democratic socialist party.

40.   In his speech Assad lauded the achievements of the Progressive National Front, but refused to rule out the future launch of new political parties.