51.   It provided for a separation of powers, the establishment of a constitutional court and the holding of direct presidential elections.

52.   Currently the DLP executive chairman, Kim Young Sam had been involved in struggles within the DLP over his candidacy for the presidential elections.

53.   Presidential elections would be held within three months of the general election.

54.   Snegur favoured a gradual approach, but part of the Popular Front, demanding immediate action, was calling for a boycott of the presidential elections.

55.   The autonomous republics of Mari-El, Mordova and Yakutia, situated within the Russian Federation, held presidential elections during December.

56.   Both men had played important roles in the boycott of the presidential election.

57.   He also suggested that, should he fail to win the Republican nomination, he would consider contesting the presidential election as an independent.

58.   Speaking to the rally, Leopold Gnininvi, secretary-general of the Democratic Convention of African Peoples, called for a single opposition candidate in the presidential elections.

59.   Their refusal to participate was based on experiences in the January presidential elections.

60.   The controversial issue of presidential election arrangements dominated events during April.