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Will MPs suspend degree requirement in 2022?

Implementation of the law was postponed in the 2017 polls. [Courtesy]

Leaders eyeing MP and MCA positions but are not degree holders risk being locked out of the 2022 General Election.

Section 22 of the Elections Act 2012 which is expected to be enforced in the next elections will make it mandatory for aspirants to have a university degree to get clearance by the electoral commission to contest.

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