21.  Popular dissatisfaction with the two dominant parties and Congress, which have been criticized as hopelessly corrupt and inefficient, has been mounting in recent years.

22.  Republicans are savoring votes that have not yet been cast, crowing about a realignment that will transform them into the dominant political party for the next generation.

23.  The difficulties with the dominant parties were underscored last month when the organization announced it had found extensive irregularities in voter registration.

24.  The end result was the collapse of the entire postwar political system and the demise of the two dominant parties, the Christian Democrats and the Socialists.

25.  The dominant party, the Liberal Democratic Party, called for a one-year delay.

26.  The Liberal Democrats, who are the dominant party in the parliament, aim to freeze or abolish it altogether, though they failed to specify when.

27.  The LDP, the dominant party in the three-party ruling coalition, opposed the breakup of the ministry.

28.  The purchase irked investors, who saw the purchase as a bailout of Renong, which is formerly the investment company of the dominant political party.

29.  Their members are expected to do the same in the Upper House, giving the dominant party the needed votes.

30.  They said they could easily punish dominant parties by fining them and banning their candidates from the ballot.