21.  Jean Chrtien, the leader of the main opposition Liberal Party of Canada, welcomed the proposals but stopped short of endorsing the whole package.

22.  Formerly called Japan Socialist Party, the SDPJ constitutes the main opposition party.

23.  The main opposition party, the Democratic Progressive Party, openly campaigned for Taiwanese independence, defying stringent legal restrictions against such advocacy.

24.  The main opposition group, the Union for the Total Independence of Angola, however, declined its invitation.

25.  The Bharatiya Janata Party, the main opposition at Union level, won only six seats in the Assembly despite having mobilized its national leaders to support its campaign.

26.  The leaders of two main Kurdish opposition groups, Barzani and Jalal Talibani, did not attend the meeting.

27.  These included two of the four main opposition parties -- the Social Democratic Front and the Cameroon Democratic Union.

28.  Observers believed that Moi was hoping to take advantage of the divisions in the main opposition grouping, the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy.

29.  The main opposition parties had boycotted the elections.

30.  The main opposition came from Roman Catholics, who organised substantial vocal heckling groups at public meetings, and several MPs who battled over the issue inside Parliament.