From the point of view of the people in the streets, they are going ahead with their protests whether we contest the elections or not. So it's between him and the people on the streets.

The current political tension is very serious.... We have not yet ruled out a boycott of the election.

The only way out of the current crisis is to amend the Constitution.

The best solution for the current political crisis is to amend the constitution to pave the way for political reform.

The Democrat party had asked me to consult with these two parties over the issue and this evening we decided that each party go back to consider it again before giving their answers tomorrow.

We want to give the prime minister ... a chance to come to a dialogue with all other political parties to set a firm commitment to political reform, and we'll await his response.