41.   In recent weeks, several top Congress leaders have quit the party in at least six states, accusing party chief Kesri of ineffective leadership.

42.   Koichi Kato, a close ally of Koizumi, also quit the party over alleged tax evasion by his secretary.

43.   Kyi Maung said the day after the information sheet appeared that it was completely false and that he had not quit the party.

44.   Nationalist purists say Lee is wavering on reunification by pursuing separate diplomatic status for Taiwan, and some of them have quit the party and are running against him.

45.   NLD members detained by the military were allowed to return home if they signed pledges to quit the party.

46.   One leading critic, senior Socialist official Manolis Daskalakis, quit the party Saturday.

47.   Ruml repeatedly has said he is planning to quit the party and form a new one in time for early elections, expected in June.

48.   Salazar is a former PRI senator who quit the party last year.

49.   Ruml repeatedly has said he is planning to quit the party and form a new one in time for the early elections, which are likely to in June.

50.   Several top officials quit the party, some forming two separate pro-left parties.