The opposition from his own party, from the construction industry and postal workers, and from much of the bureaucracy, seemed too great.
The most striking outcome of the congressional election in July was the relative failure of the Islamists, whose main party, Justice and Construction, allied to the Muslim Brotherhood, got only 17 out of the 80 seats elected by proportional representation on party lists, whereas a coalition of secularists, liberals and milder Islamists won 39.
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His party's addiction to construction, though, is bringing it into conflict with an emerging environmental movement.
El Pais reported that the money came into Popular Party coffers through secretive donations from construction firms and other businesses, and was used for various purposes, including tens of thousands of dollars in secretive payments to party officials.
Mr Johnstone said the action goes against everything the SNP had promised about supporting construction jobs and said the party's housing policy was "confused and contradictory".
The party also plans a big increase in the construction of government-subsidised housing.
He would love to call an election before an inquiry into corruption in Quebec's construction industry, which may leave his party squirming, begins in June.
The stand-off is thought to have taken place between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) - allied to the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party - and the militant Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu).
Apart from being the biggest employer in Japan, putting the rice on the table in one out of every six households, the construction industry is by far the largest contributor to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Some Labour members have joined the small but growing cross-party ginger-group that advocates unilateral Israeli withdrawal from most of the territories, and the construction of a strongly defended border fence.
Mr Bourne and his party members concentrated their line of questioning on figures that revealed that only 0.01% of contracts for the construction of the Olympics have been awarded to Welsh companies.
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