61.   The TULF will support a motion to debate the issue, Sivasithamparam said.

62.   Twenty-seven other deputies supported the motion and asked for an emergency debate on the problem, MENA said.

63.   Vice-chairman Ip Kwok-chung, who supported the motion, said the council would be criticised if it were to reject the proposal.

64.   Zhirinovsky told a news conference he would support a motion by a deputy in the Duma or lower chamber of parliament to impeach Yeltsin because of ill health.

65.   However if the communists -- who have aligned themselves with the opposition in recent months -- decide to support the motion, that situation could change.

66.   At the same time, Beijing has been effusive in its praise of countries like France and Italy for refusing to support the motion.

67.   But it remained unclear whether all legislators of the two parties would support a motion.

68.   But this year, France broke ranks saying China had made tangible improvements and was joined by at least six other nations that had previously supported the motion.

69.   The SLD expects other parties to support the motion.

70.   Tony Alamo, Ayoub, Bailey and Homansky all supported the motion to deny.