41.   Three religious and right-wing parties submitted a motion of no-confidence in the government to protest the remarks.

42.   Two legislators submitted a motion Sunday to question the finance minister in Parliament, accusing him of withholding information from the house and squandering public money.

43.   Xinhua did not say how many delegates submitted the motion or whether it would be debated by the congress as a whole.

44.   If the vote fails, no similar motion can be submitted for six months.

45.   If the industrial giant does not agree, the group has pledged to submit a motion to its annual meeting Thursday to keep the issue alive.

46.   The opposition camp this time submitted the motion of censure to the upper house, which plans to convene a plenary session Friday to vote on the matter.

47.   The PDP then submitted a motion for the drafting of a new charter.

48.   Kono hinted that the no-confidence motion might be submitted after budget bills are passed.

49.   Opposition whip Jurin Laksanavisit said the Democrats and Party of the People were ready to submit the motion in a rebuff to the administration of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

50.   The DPJ submitted the motion jointly with the Liberal Party, Social Democratic Party of Japan and Communist Party.