It’s back to the drawing board for MPs after another gender Bill flop

Parliament’s failure to pass a Bill that would realise implementation of the two-thirds gender principle has sent its proponents back to the drawing board.

Passage of the constitutional amendment required the support of at least 233 MPs but only managed to get 178 legislators to vote in its favour when it came up in Parliament. Up to 16 MPs voted against it, while five abstained. This was the second time the Constitution Amendment Bill (No 4) 2015 was being tabled in Parliament.