If passed, it will establish for the first time a regulatory regime for stablecoins, a fast-rising financial product.

Protesters have denounced the leader's incarceration and ban from public office as an act of political retribution.

The amendment comes after police investigated more than 100 women, including some who had natural miscarriages.

UN agency IOM says 743 people have died so far this year attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.