71.   Since public funding is allocated according to the number of voters a party says it has, the PRI always gets more money.

72.   So far the governing party has said it will not repeal the legislation.

73.   Some of the money will be used to buy shares of commercial banks to help boost their capital, the party said.

74.   Some analysts who study the numbers predict that the figures could turn out to be even higher than the parties are saying.

75.   Still, both parties say they are pushing ahead with their efforts to explore a major restructuring of the primary system, although no decisions have yet been made.

76.   Stock rallied when western-style political parties said they could form a working coalition without the religious party.

77.   Still, both parties said the new Budget Office forecast would be clear evidence of the progress made in bringing the deficit under control.

78.   Such voting skews the political process, the parties say.

79.   The additional billions would come from surplus Social Security revenues, which both parties have said should be sacrosanct.

80.   That meant, the party says, that demilitarization and police reform needed to be further along than they are.