Meanings of mainstream opposition in English

Critics have called last year's disputed presidential vote in which Maduro won re-election a sham, and the mainstream opposition boycotted it.

As violence continued on Saturday, Syria's mainstream opposition welcomed the proposed deal, saying the ceasefire could eventually end the suffering of civilians.

President Ilham Aliyev's party swept the board in a parliamentary election in November, a vote the mainstream opposition and international monitors shunned.

This was a serious problem, with mainstream opposition parties marching alongside local groups to protest against growing unemployment, surging costs and crumbling public services.

Some analysts say the result suits Sinn Féin: it can consolidate as the official, mainstream opposition and avoid blame in the looming economic reckoning.

Even the mainstream opposition noted that conservative ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy had agreed a state rescue for the group a decade earlier to ward off Siemens.

Saleh promised to re-open voter registration, a demand of Yemen's mainstream opposition which complained that 1.5 million people had been excluded.