51.   His death followed the legalization of opposition parties by President Omar Bongo in response to the demands of the specially convened national conference in March-April.

52.   Nonetheless, a number of representatives of the emerging opposition parties were appointed.

53.   In the final vote Gonchigdorj defeated Sanjaasurengiyn Dzorig, chief co-ordinator of the Mongolian Democratic Party, the largest of the opposition parties.

54.   It was immediately adjourned by the ruling Democratic Liberal Party when it became clear that the opposition parties were continuing their boycott of the legislature.

55.   They were said to be behind the acts of violence against the opposition parties, against the minorities, and against peaceful demonstrators.

56.   Hitherto a de facto one-party regime, the government had in May reluctantly allowed opposition parties to operate.

57.   Polling was reportedly peaceful, but opposition parties alleged voter intimidation and electoral irregularities on the part of the PDCI.

58.   The only opposition party in Bophuthatswana, the National Seoposongwe Party, announced that it would soon become part of the ANC.

59.   Opposition parties of both the right and left joined with the unions in calling for an independent inquiry into the Fez incidents.

60.   In the Lok Sabha, the Speaker had already recognized the Bharatiya Janata Party as the main opposition party.