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Senior government figures said over the weekend they were "disappointed" that proposed reforms to electoral laws were blocked by Parliament on Saturday, and pledged to continue pushing for "radical" change after next year's parliamentary elections. During a marathon sitting on Saturday, MPs adopted just 57 of 118 changes.

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