Opposition lawmakers' occupation of the legislative speaker's seat to block a vote on a government bill to lift a ban on imports of U.S. beef containing ractopamine has been roundly denounced by a wide sector of society. We must point out that the legislative speaker, whose duty it is to maintain legislative order, has failed to do his job.

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