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Brazil's lower house bans secret voting after protests
Source: BBC
4 September 2013 Last updated at 15:55 GMT
Brazil's lower house bans secret voting after protests
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies has approved a ban on secret voting in both houses of Congress.
The measure, which will now have to be approved by the Senate, had been a key demand by protesters who took to the streets of major cities in June.
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The constitutional amendment was first proposed seven years ago but had been stalled in the lower house since then.
But in a unanimous late-night vote on Tuesday, the 452 deputies present voted to abolish secret voting in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
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Brazil's lower house bans secret voting after protests
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies has approved a ban on secret voting in both houses of Congress.
The measure, which will now have to be approved by the Senate, had been a key demand by protesters who took to the streets of major cities in June.
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The constitutional amendment was first proposed seven years ago but had been stalled in the lower house since then.
But in a unanimous late-night vote on Tuesday, the 452 deputies present voted to abolish secret voting in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23960001
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