Though a minority with estimated 80 members,[1][5][6] the group is believed to have an advantage in the parliament by shaping a minority influence situation.[2]
Composition
In the beginning, the reformists whose list elected 125 candidates to the parliament, expected the moderate independents to join them on a majority faction with about 169 members.[7] However, after the parliament was opened many of them broke away and created a new faction in the parliament along with some conservative rivals and independents to "pursue a moderate agenda".[6] Members of the parliament who were elected by List of Hope backing, and joined the group instead of Hope fraction, were accused of "opportunism".[1]
