Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando said today that the enactment of the divorce law by the House of Representatives was a 'powerful exercise in democracy'.

The Bill was approved in the morning, concluding a process which started after Dr Pullicino Orlando presented a private member's motion a year ago. It was the first time in decades that a private member's motion made it to the statute book.

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See story of Divorce Bill vote at

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110725/local/divorce-bill-set-to-be-approved-this-morning.377213

Reactions by the PM and the Leader of the Opposition at

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110725/local/muscat-calls-for-proper-structures-to-impliment-divorce-law.377318

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