31.   David Coltart, an opposition party lawmaker, said in a telephone interview from Bulawayo MDC members were moving their families to safe hiding places.

32.   Despite the lack of opposition, the Parliament is operating under new rules that allow ruling party lawmakers to dissent from the party line on certain issues.

33.   Earlier, ruling party lawmaker Tendai Mberi accused party leaders of arrogance and of trying to muzzle debate on the tax hikes.

34.   Ershad and other party lawmakers were sworn in at a committee room of parliament.

35.   Former ruling party lawmaker Kim Han-kyu became minister of government administration.

36.   Habibie also asked a group of senior Japanese lawmakers for help rescheduling debts made to Indonesian companies by Japanese banks, governing party lawmaker Taro Nakayama said.

37.   House Speaker Robinson Nabulyato, described by The Post as a grandmother with skirts who protected ruling party lawmakers, ordered their indefinite detention for contempt of parliament.

38.   His relatively new party, the Democrats, who also include former ruling party lawmakers, made key advances in the last election, held in the summer.

39.   In fact, many of the documents are about alleged financial and other wrongdoing by ruling party lawmakers.

40.   In February, a governing party lawmaker hanged himself as prosecutors prepared a warrant for his arrest.