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The Constitution Amendment Bill (2025) has been passed in the Senate by a slim margin. Once proclaimed into law, it will allow persons to acquire citizenship through their grandparents.
Debate on the legislation continued until shortly after midnight. The Bill received no support from the Opposition and very little from the Independent bench.
In the end, the vote stood at 16 in favour, 13 against and one abstention. Temporary Senator Wesley Gibbings was the lone Independent senator to back the Bill, while Independent Senator Courtney McNish chose to abstain.
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