1. Both sides have agreed on a new electoral law which guarantees secret balloting and an immediate count. 2. This rump has been ordered to draft a new electoral law within two months so that new elections can be held. 3. The incumbent President, Alan Garca Prez, was barred by electoral law from seeking re-election. 4. The electoral law decree also established that the President would be elected by universal suffrage and not by vote of Parliament. 5. Opposition parties continue to accuse the ruling PS of suppression of dissent, in particular by restricting access to the media and by an unfair electoral law. 6. Press reports said that Ghozali had promised opposition parties that the controversial electoral laws introduced in April would be reviewed by the transitional government. 7. He also invited opposition leaders to join discussions on new electoral laws. |