Senators Should Be Allowed to Vote According to Conscience

Thursday, 22-12-2005

I feel a bit disturbed to read about the response of Nazri towards 16 women senators who want to oppose to the Islamic Family Law (FT)(Amendment) Bill 2005, where he said he has directed the women senators to pass the bill in the senate, which means they cannot use the Senate to force the bill to be retracted.

I have issued a statement today on this matter to urge the government to allow senators to vote on the bill according to their conscience. (more…)

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