Still, the latest violence is not expected to make things easier for the opposition alliance.

The opposition alliance now holds 72 of the 128 seats in the new Parliament.

The opposition alliance urged workers to continue a general strike until democracy is established.

The main opposition alliance has won a landslide victory in a general election, final results showed today.

How long the opposition alliance will last is unclear.

Forces unleashed by the growing economic crisis combined with student unrest to create an opposition alliance.

Mr. Aylwin now has the support of all major groups in the 17-party opposition alliance.

He formally declared Anwar the leader of the 3-party opposition alliance.

Which means for example, he and the other parties in the opposition alliance have promised various democratic measures, such as scraping detention without trial.

Hezbollah currently sits in the opposition March 8 alliance.