He was asking, it seems, for the vice-presidency, eight cabinet posts and several deputy-ministerships.
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Displaying political nous, these parties support federal governments strategically, extracting concessions, like "lucrative" ministerships, money and projects.
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The results of all that voting are frequently bizarre: rotating prime ministerships, angry shoals of political minnows, mix-and-match coalitions that turn out to be unmanageable.