61.   From there the current office holder, Jacques Chirac, also directs the justification to dissolve the national assembly to force early parliament elections.

62.   Friday, he said he was still in power because his resignation was not accepted by the Serb national assembly.

63.   Gumelar is a close associate of Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who is positioned to replace the president if he is dismissed by the national assembly in August.

64.   He has also been under intense pressure from politicians and the military to back down on his plan to rule by decree and dissolve the national assembly.

65.   He is scheduled to convene a national assembly called a loya jirga in June to choose a new national government.

66.   He rejected an earlier proposal that defense spending be put up for debate in the national assembly.

67.   He is another retired general and a close associate of Megawati, who is positioned to replace Wahid if the president is dismissed by the national assembly.

68.   He will convene a national assembly in June to choose a new government.

69.   Hungarian and Romanian defense ministers earlier this week agreed to set up a joint peacekeeping battalion, a proposal that will likely win approval by the two national assemblies.

70.   Hungary is paying back its remaining debt to the International Monetary Fund in full, Prime Minister Gyula Horn told the national assembly Monday.