In 1999 the compliant parliament voted for Niyazov to become president for life, and in 2002, he used an alleged assassination attempt to legitimise a far-reaching crackdown on political opponents.
He said he was consulting other parties about a motion in the Stormont parliament.
In 2010, parliament granted Nazerbayev special status as "father of the nation", giving him immunity from prosecution.
"There was a group of us who had dinner together on a Tuesday night [at parliament] … I was sitting beside Mr Obeid at the time and was told 'Keep away from Ms Schott – they're coming after her,' " Costa said.
The 10% hurdle, dating from the military-authored constitution of 1980, had been intended in part to diminish Kurdish representation in the parliament.
The extended scope of the bill may follow some of the recommendations of the intelligence and security committee (ISC), which suggested in March that the entire existing surveillance legal framework should be replaced by a single new act of parliament.
Rudd has not said when he will call the poll or whether he will stick with Julia Gillard's nominated election date of 14 September, but appears to have the confidence of the hung parliament.
Speaking after the ballot on Wednesday night, a composed Gillard said she was proud of her achievements in what "has not been an easy environment to work in" because of the minority parliament, the internal Labor divisions and the Coalition's fierce anti-carbon tax campaign.
He remains the leader of a party that can count on the support of 129 of the 951 members of the Italian parliament.
There was no white paper or consultative document, let alone a debate in parliament.
Male Conservative MPs voted against equal marriage in larger numbers proportionally than their female colleagues, according to a breakdown of the voting figures after the historic debate in parliament.
