inside the national party.
The most influential members of a party would be at the national level which is basically the top organ of a party. Party officials at the most level, which is the national party are able to influence policy and make the major decisions
The correct answer here is the second option.
When the US helped the Panamanian people win their independence from Columbia they got the rights to build and operate the Panama Canal in perpetuity. But Panamanian people had no say in this and thus over time they wanted it back. After the riots, which were also presumably instigated by the soviet agitators, the conflict arose between Panama and the US. So, because of the riots a new deal was made.
The persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire occurred throughout most of the Roman Empire's history, beginning in the 1st century AD. ... Pagan practices such as making sacrifices to the deified emperors or 'other gods' were abhorrent to Christians as their beliefs prohibited idolatry.