The opposition issued further calls today for his resignation.
A solution to the crisis appears elusive, with the government pretending not to notice the protests, and the opposition issuing contradictory statements on how to proceed next.
The Taiwan government's Mainland Affairs Council and the political opposition issued separate statements accusing Beijing of meddling in Taiwan's internal affairs.
TEHRAN — A leading figure in Iran's opposition issued a defiant statement on Tuesday demanding prosecution of those he accused of fraud in the disputed presidential election and of human rights abuses against opposition demonstrators over the past year.
The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, a force within the Syrian National Council, the main umbrella group for the opposition, issued a statement saying that the Annan plan should not be open-ended, requiring a timetable for the political transition it envisions.
Yet they are trapped by their years of furious opposition, issuing alarmist statements like this one, from Rick Perry of Texas: "To expand this program is not unlike adding a thousand people to the Titanic".
Sectarian rhetoric in Lebanon has ratcheted up in recent weeks, with some imams sympathetic to Syria's opposition issuing fatwas, or religious decrees, calling on Sunnis to fight in Syria.
