Persons with disability, youth, workers and other special interests: they were supposed to get recognition and representation in Parliament under the Constitution.
This was supposed to be a new era; not like the old Constitution under which twelve nominated members were "to represent special interests", but it was rarely clear what those special interests were, and the seats were sometimes used for electoral rejects. A judge did decide that small marginalized communities like the Il Chamus were a "special interest".
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