The same message was also sent to members of the opposition.

Some members of the opposition did not view this in a positive way.

It is very difficult for someone like me to answer the question: are you a member of the opposition?

I turned and looked at the remaining Opposition members in the room.

Nothing like having a member of the opposition over a barrel.

In particular, opposition members say they fear that the party will use the 180,000-member armed forces to keep power.

Williams served as an opposition member for the next three years.

He was an opposition member of parliament at the time.

Following the election, he left the executive committee and served as an opposition member.

However he was kept under house arrest along with 82 members of the opposition for two decades.