They accused the government of trying to manipulate the composition of the conference.

He maintained that 'the composition of the conference [on Afghanistan]arouses doubt since most of the proposed participants are clearly hostile to the present government'.

Taylor was reported to have criticized the composition of the conference, demanding the participation of elected representatives of Liberia's 13 counties, of which his faction claimed to control 12.

In terms of legislative policy, the provisions of the Rules of Procedure concerning the composition of the Conference of Presidents should thus not be confined to cases where the number of non-attached Members is small.