So the key factor is whether the government allows it enough parliamentary time to become law, an issue on which ministers have been havering.
Since the proposals would require a two-thirds parliamentary majority to become law, Mrs Kumaratunga has been blocked by a lack of support in parliament.
Other proposals to ban live animal exports from Labour MP Gwyn Prosser and an amendment to the Sex Discrimination Act to allow single sex sporting events or clubs from Tory MP Robert Walter are unlikely to receive enough parliamentary time to become law.
The move to formally repeal the law followed a parliamentary question asked last year.
The organisers called Sunday's rally to express the opposition's rejection of changes to the electoral law ahead of parliamentary polls on 1 December.
MSPs unanimously backed a change in the law following a short parliamentary debate.
She had worried that if the law did not have parliamentary backing it could be weakened as Afghan leaders attempt to pacify the Islamist Taliban movement.
Marek Jurek, parliamentary speaker and deputy chairman of Law and Justice, says that changing this is necessary to create the conditions for making Poland a more democratic country.
The government suffered at least 12 parliamentary defeats when it rushed its law through last December, plus lots of accusations of Draconianism (as well as widespread predictions of the sort of legal difficulty that arose this week).
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University rectors say the hasty way the law was passed violated both parliamentary norms and the constitution.
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This has led to a legal quagmire, with electoral law, the constitution and parliamentary standing orders contradicting each other.
Police are "right" to look again at whether former Labour minister Denis MacShane broke the law in his abuse of parliamentary expenses, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has said.
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But several MPs raised concerns about it in the Commons on Thursday and are planning a debate next week on the "effects of English libel law on the reporting of parliamentary proceedings".
As a result of the Supreme Court's verdict, there is now a higher probability that General Musharraf may cancel the scheduled parliamentary and presidential elections and impose martial law, in order to avoid being thwarted in the courts.
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The new counter-terrorism document also talks about the need to "challenge those who reject the rights to which we are committed, scorn the institutions and values of our parliamentary democracy, dismiss the rule of law and promote intolerance".
The Bill is unlikely to become law due to a lack of parliamentary time.
But it stands no chance of becoming law because of a lack of parliamentary time.
It is also necessary to ensure that, in accordance with the law, all political forces with parliamentary representation are present at the district polling commissions.
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Last September, Law and Justice came first in parliamentary elections.
His Surrogate Parents (Leave, Pay and Allowance Arrangements) Bill was given an unopposed first reading, but stands little chance of becoming law due to a lack of parliamentary time.
His Succession to the Crown Bill was given an unopposed first reading in the Commons on Tuesday but it stands little chance of becoming law because of a lack of parliamentary time.
Mr Thomas's Energy Generation (Planning and Right to Invest) Bill received an unopposed first reading, but it is unlikely to become law due to a lack of parliamentary time.
After predictably sweeping some 75% of the parliamentary vote together with fellow supporters of Islamic law in the Salafist party, the Muslim Brotherhood already is beginning to clamp down on dissent from the majority, pro-sharia line.
The government has ordered an inquiry into fox-hunting, but is expected to make parliamentary time available for a hunting ban to become law.
His appointment, without the parliamentary approval that would be needed under the new law, could mean Hayami is seen by the ruling party as its man, says Okazaki.
They have also used their parliamentary strength to mount a counterthrust, rushing to enact a law that would ban officials from the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak from politics.
The roots of the row stretch back to the parliamentary elections, which followed a procedure set by an electoral law providing for two-thirds of the seats to be allocated by party lists and the rest to be fought by individuals running as independents.
After the bill was submitted, the Press Council, a government-formed group made up of journalists and government appointees, issued a statement calling for the parliamentary debate to be delayed until an amended version of the law can be drafted with input from media organizations.
An Islamist parliamentary bloc formed which pressed to make Sharia the source of all law, penalize blasphemy with the death penalty, and block any new Christian churches.
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In a parliamentary system with a large majority, such as Labour enjoys, any law can be rammed through quickly enough.
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