A politician stands up to speak on a debate, in some locations the person speaking can decide when to stop speaking and who to give way to another speaker. So long as the person is speaking then the debate can’t end so no vote can take place on what is being discussed, so the speaker is basically blocking a vote from taking place. In some places there are time limits on individual speakers or a guillotine (a time limit in total for the debate to take place), so votes aren’t obstructed by speakers.
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