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How MPs use delay tactics to frustrate Bills

Filibustering has enjoyed relative access owing to the strict timelines to which parliamentarians must adhere. [Courtesy]

Lawmakers worldwide know when they cannot win a debate. While voting by acclamation gives an opening to the louder bunch – sometimes the minority – to win a vote in Parliament, the numbers game in voting by division means that the majority will always win.

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