As recently as 2010, the regime held elections so blatantly rigged that the main opposition party refused to participate.

The main opposition Socialist Party s weak electoral prospects are also helping Sarkozy.

The main opposition party argued that the vote was invalid, and the General Staff issued a statement that it was watching this situation with concern.

In Hungary, the main opposition party Fidesz organizes demonstrations in front of Parliament for the resignation of a government, even after it won a confidence vote.

Nevertheless, Musharraf s men have skillfully fractured the main Islamic opposition party, Muttahida Majlis e Amal (MMA), with bribes, blackmail, and internal dissension fomented by agent provocateurs.

The main opposition leader, Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has moved aggressively to lay claim to the legacy of one of India s most respected founders, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

China reacted to Ishihara s proposal with its usual sensitivity it refused to receive the scheduled visit of Ishihara s son, who is Secretary General of Japan s Liberal Democratic Party, the country s main opposition party.

The opposition consisted of a coalition of conservative Tea Party Republicans and liberal Democrats.

Opposition proposals to sharpen this provision were rejected by AKP leaders.

However, one opposition party, the National Restoration Party, criticized the CDDR for staging the meeting and press briefing on foreign soil.

The license of Moha Nokor FM 93.5, which broadcasts both RFA and VOA content, as well as opposition party programs, was also revoked by the government.

Always love it when people turn their misfortune into a great success.

In 1999, the FRELIMO party got a majority of 133 seats and RENAMO UE (a coalition between RENAMO and a number of other opposition parties) got 117 seats.

The poorly resourced opposition could benefit if the expected northern backlash divides the PDP.

The opposition Islamist Justice and Development Party had a modest increase in its tally as did the pro government leftist Party of Progress and Socialism.

The National Party () is a right wing conservative political party in Honduras and the main right wing political party in the country.

Increasingly marginalized, the opposition dwindled into an impotent force, mere window dressing to a one party state.

The main opposition alliance, led by Raila Odinga, won about 100 seats, compared to roughly 30 for Kibaki.

In recent weeks, leaders of various opposition organizations in Georgia, such as Antisoros and Fairness, have been jailed on unfair accusations of plotting a coup on behalf of Russia.

Nationally, no single party received a majority, but the centrist, democratic opposition won more than 70 of the National Assembly seats.

After all, it was fighters from Hezbollah, Iran s Lebanese proxy, who turned the tide of battle decisively against the opposition this past summer.

Ennahda, the ruling Islamist party, may once have been committed to moderation, but it has gradually succumbed to the will of its radical wing and is narrowing the space for political opposition.

The main thrust of early conservatism was root and branch opposition to every form of social insurance make the poor richer, and they would become more fertile.

5.7 Counsel submits that, as regards the change of Government, those working for the Freedom Partyc are still in opposition to the Government and are subject to false accusations, detention and torture by police.

Gusmão s main rival, Mari Alkatiri, Fretilin s leader and a former prime minister, denounced Ramos Horta s decision.

The key challenge for New Labour (as Blair re styled it with his characteristic gift for spin), was the management of the British economy.

Moreover, an increasingly robust secular opposition, the Republican People s Party (CHP) under the vigorous leadership of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, is bound to help stem the Islamist tide.

But she has a point, too Kadima won more seats than Likud, disproved prophecies of doom, and emerged as the only major party with an optimistic and peace seeking message.

The Rohingyas are, of course, the main target of this strategy. But there is another target as well Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader.

Rather than accept its losses, the EPRDF run government responded with a brutal crackdown, claiming outright victory and accusing the opposition of trying to stage an insurrection.

Independent observers from the European Union and elsewhere began to report serious irregularities in the Kibaki strongholds, where opposition party representatives were denied access to polling sites.

So a large conservative coalition party (much like the Italian Christian Democrats), funded to some degree by the US, was put in place to marginalize all left wing opposition.

Congress depends on the support of a number of coalition partners, as well as backing from non government parties like Samajwadi that do not support the BJP led opposition, to pass the annual budget and survive parliamentary confidence votes.

The main alternative would be majority alliance put together by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by the 82 year old Lal Krishna Advani.

When the MPs reassembled, the opposition members now joined by MPs from a rival regional party marched towards the Speaker s desk, making even more noise.

Still, the AKP can be satisfied that after five years in office its popular support has climbed, while the opposition has been shown to be incapable of challenging it seriously.

However, the story did not wash with the citizens who simply viewed it as an attempt by the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) government to clamp down on the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND).

In the past rebels also used this route to cross into Lebanon to avoid government forces, and used Lebanon as a base to trade fire with government soldiers.

But the main reason is surely that Turkey, a mostly Muslim country, governed by a Muslim party, is viewed as too foreign.

That is why Riyadh has encouraged Hariri to keep lines open to Hezbollah, the leading Shiite force.

In Greece, where tensions ran highest, Syriza, the main leftist anti euro party, received only 27 of the vote in the 2012 parliamentary election.

Instead, he acted as the de facto leader of a loose alliance between the three leading opposition forces the Democratic Action Party (DAP), the Justice Party, and the Islamist PAS.

The same held true for Progressive Popular Alliance (PPA) . All in all, there are 5 candidates , and ironically, all of them, without exception, are close to the regime!

Any opposition is better than none.

The problem is that unless there is a viable opposition, the only check on the AKP will be its own conscience and a crackdown by the still secular oriented armed forces.