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"I do believe that there is a possibility of a peaceful solution to this current deadlock — if we've a political will, we've leadership, if we've an attitude of compromise, most importantly if we're engaged into a peaceful dialogue."
OSCAR FERNANDEZ-TARANCO
UN Assistant Secretary-General
While talking to reporters at the EC Secretariat after a 15-minute second-round meeting with the CEC
"We tried to get an appointment with the prime minister since morning [yesterday] but did not get it because she was busy. So, we have decided to send the letters by post."
RUHUL AMIN HOWLADER
Secretary General of Ershad led Jatiya Party
Confirming their resignation from the election-time cabinet
"Raushan didn't take over from me and she hasn't been made acting party chairman. This is nothing but propaganda. I am the party chief and will remain so as long as I am alive."
HM ERSHAD
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman
Denying JP leader Kazi Zafar Ahmed's claim that Ershad had appointed his wife Raushan as the party's acting chairman
"We performed our duty in parliament as best we could. We cannot do any more. We regret that the majority in parliament betrays the voice of the people."
ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA
Democrat leader and former premier of Thailand
After opposition's mass resignation from the parliament
"The reaction was quite strong and some of us were very hesitant about supporting the joint thing (receiving Nobel Prize) with De Klerk. We were, some of us, very concerned. We can't have Nelson Mandela, such an icon, receiving this thing with his oppressor."
TOKYO SEXWALE
Leader of African National Congress
Said that Nelson Mandela was urged to refuse Nobel Prize as it was jointly awarded with the South Africa's last apartheid President Frederik de Klerk
"We performed our duty in parliament as best we could. We cannot do any more. We regret that the majority in parliament betrays the voice of the people."
ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA
Democrat leader and former premier of Thailand
After opposition's mass resignation from the parliament
"The reaction was quite strong and some of us were very hesitant about supporting the joint thing (receiving Nobel Prize) with De Klerk. We were, some of us, very concerned. We can't have Nelson Mandela, such an icon, receiving this thing with his oppressor."
TOKYO SEXWALE
Leader of African National Congress
Said that Nelson Mandela was urged to refuse Nobel Prize as it was jointly awarded with the South Africa's last apartheid President Frederik de Klerk
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