Opposition parties and Labor's parliamentary allies renewed calls today for the company's managing director, Arve Johnsen, to quit.

He has since become a strong parliamentary ally of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Even so, the rightists retained the capacity to pass laws with the support of their parliamentary allies.

Observers speculate that Khamenei might block Ahmadinejad's parliamentary allies, arguing they belong to a "deviant current", seeking to undermine the authority of the supreme leader.

Nino Burdzhanadze met with Putin in Moscow the week before the report, and was accused of treason by parliamentary allies of Saakashvili.

But parliamentary allies of Dr. Karadzic refused to recognize Ms. Plavsic's decree.

But are his motives and those of his parliamentary allies pure, or is their impetus Mr. Berlusconi's self-interest?

Continued growth depends on pushing through reforms long stymied by the Communists and their parliamentary allies.

Yayi Boni and his parliamentary allies also won the elections of 2011.

If the People's Party wins most seats, on the other hand, Mr. Aznar will face a similar challenge of finding parliamentary allies.