51.   The opposition wants voting to be supervised by a neutral caretaker administration.

52.   The LDP wants to continue doling out public spending, while the opposition wants to rein in the national debt.

53.   The leading opposition Popular Democratic Party wants it to remain a self-governing commonwealth.

54.   The opposition also wants electoral law to be changed.

55.   The opposition wanted to see all of its election victories recognized, and its members actually taking power, he said.

56.   The opposition wants elections in March.

57.   The opposition wants it to have broad powers to negotiate with international lenders and take urgent economic measures.

58.   The opposition wants Kabul turned over to a neutral force and all the weapons removed from the city, Abdullah said in a satellite telephone interview.

59.   The opposition wants the commission to help arrange elections and prepare constitutional amendments.

60.   The opposition wants the government to step down three months before elections, yielding to a neutral caretaker government that would supervise voting.