A newly-elected member of parliament in the East African nation of Tanzania may be targeted for death because of his skin color; Salum Khalfan Barwany is an albino.
Even such supporters as Birgitta Jonsdottir, an Icelandic member of parliament, has expressed disappointment over how the documents were released.
South Africans have been struggling to understand how a once-respected former ANC youth leader, who became a member of parliament and an ambassador to the UN, could have fallen so low.
“If you’re not seen to be helping your constituents, you will not be re-elected,” says Martin Ferris, Sinn Fein TD (member of parliament) for Kerry North.
Meanwhile, Renho, the mono-monickered member of parliament, garnered a record 1.7million votes in Sunday's upper-house elections.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto did this when choosing Benazir to run his Pakistan People's Party, overlooking his son, Murtaza, who was also a member of parliament.
Two rows of seat in the house of Commons behind the front bench where ordinary member of parliament sit.
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