Millions of restive voters walked away from the ruling party in the 2008 election.
He has manipulated the system to favour both himself and the ruling party, Golkar.
Another member of the ruling party, Dilawar Abbas, was appointed to the interim petroleum minister post.
At the moment, it provides an escape for the ruling party from lurking danger of dismissal.
In an ageing society where many pensioners are refreshingly sprightly, the ruling party looks utterly clapped-out.
During the campaign the ruling party pointed to incidents that it says reveals Tang's chauvinism.
Deputy President Motlanthe is seen as a potential rival for the head of the ruling party.
They tried to drive him out at a June meeting of the ruling party.
Thousands demonstrated outside the ruling party headquarters calling for the prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, to resign.
So far, the ruling party has not had the courage to make this happen.
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The ruling party is running negative campaign ads questioning how these pledges will be funded.
None in the ruling party seems keen on an early general election, given the current infighting.
Government critics have long argued that the electoral system favors the ruling party, Golkar.
If so, the ruling party has several regional models from which it can choose.
Conspiracy theorists note that the murdered minister of the interior had enemies within the ruling party.
Most people think the ruling party puts its own needs before those of the country.
In Paraguay , General Lino Oviedo, the ruling party's controversial presidential candidate, was in hiding.
The same day, the ruling party, Golkar, listed 14 criteria for a vice-presidential candidate.
On December 6th, the ruling party invited 1, 500 businessmen to lunch at a Nairobi hotel.
At the moment it's a one-sided game and it's clear that the ruling party is winning.
In June, they sentenced four members of the ruling party to long jail terms for corruption.
The campaign was marred by violence, intimidation and the ruling party's stranglehold on radio and television.
DPJ's popular leader, Naoto Kan, is expected to skewer the ruling party at every turn.
The ruling party has recently talked of amending the constitution to end private land ownership altogether.
Only in Tamil Nadu is the ruling party a member of the national alliance.
Critics say the move is evidence of the ruling party's attempt to stifle the courts' independence.
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But there are signs that many within the ruling party are fed up with him.
The ruling party controls all broadcast media, and critical print journalism is all but banned.
It also created a middle class wholly dependent on the ruling party for its livelihood.
A. Morshed and Sohel Mostafa Swapan, head of a local branch of the ruling party's youth league.
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