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Return: Just months after Showtime announced the revival of its hit series Dexter with Michael C. Hall returning as the title character, the show now has it’s villain

New villain: Clancy Brown has signed on to portray the series regular role of Kurt Caldwell in the upcoming series, according to TV Line

Big rigs: The character’s description includes more details about Caldwell, including that he ‘realized the American dream by going from driving big rigs, just like his father did, to know owning several trucks and the local truck stop’

Finale: There is no indication yet if Iron Lake will serve as the setting for this new series, though it has been confirmed to be set in present day, seven years after the 2013 finale

Unsatisfying: ‘Let’s be real: people found the way that show left things pretty unsatisfying, and there’s always been a hope that a story would emerge that would be worth telling,’ he said

What happened: ‘I include myself in the group of people that wondered, “What the hell happened to that guy?” So I’m excited to step back into it. I’ve never had that experience of playing a character this many years on,’ Hall added

Killer: The original eight-season run of Dexter premiered in the fall of 2006 and starred Hall as Dexter Morgan, a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami police department who moonlights as a serial killer

New roles: Brown is coming off of a guest-starring spot in an episode of The Mandalorian, and he can currently be seen in Promising Young Woman, currently in theaters and debuting on digital platforms January 15

NEW DELHI: The MCD House called for electing the mayor, deputy mayor and standing committee members was adjourned for the third time on Monday, soon after presiding officer Satya Sharma gave three controversial rulings, including allowing the nominated aldermen to vote in the mayoral election.
AAP
On Monday, the house meeting started half an hour late at 11.30 am. Soon after, the presiding officer announced the aldermen will participate in the elections for mayor, deputy mayor and standing committee members, which AAP later opposed. She added the polls for all posts will be held simultaneously and then debarred two AAP MLAs from participating in the proceedings, citing a session’s court ruling.
The House didn’t function for even 45 minutes.

Two months on, MCD doesn’t have a mayor
The decision of MCD presiding officer Satya Sharma to allow nominated aldermen to vote in Monday’s mayoral election didn’t go down well with the AAP councillors but they didn’t protest and remained silent except for senior councillor Mukesh Goel, who questioned the decision.
“According to the May 11, 2016 judgment of the high court, aldermen can vote in the first House meeting, and on the basis of this order, I allowed them to participate in the elections. Though there is no precedent of aldermen participating in the elections, we made this order the basis for taking the decision,” Sharma had earlier said.
Tabling the high court’s orders and a copy of the DMC Act before the presiding officer, Goel argued, “There are three high court judgments given in this regard, including two of a single bench and one of a double bench, denying participation of the aldermen in the mayoral election. The presiding officer didn’t pay any heed to the points I raised, and to suppress my voice, the mic was disconnected.”
AAP functionary and MLA Durgesh Pathak said, “Even the Constitution doesn’t allow aldermen to participate in the voting process.”
Section 3 (3) (b) (1) of the DMC Act on establishment of the corporation states that the corporation consists of 10 nominated persons, not less than 25 years of age, who shall have no right to vote in the meeting of the corporation.
Around 11:35 am, as the presiding officer asked for the ballot papers to be distributed, AAP MLA Mohinder Goyal protested and the party councillors supported him. The presiding officer then adjourned the house for 10 minutes.
During this time, some BJP councillors began shouting slogans. As soon as the house resumed, BJP councillor Shikha Rai demanded that two AAP MLAs, Akhilesh Tripathi and Sanjeev Jha, convicted by sessions courts, should be barred from the proceedings.
“Considering that the two MLAs are convicted, they cannot participate in the election process,” said Rai. The presiding officer supported the point and directed non-members to leave the house.
“Both MLAs are convicted in court and can’t vote. Despite my appeal, they didn’t leave the house. Unless we get a direction or clarity from the court, it is not possible to allow them to vote in the mayoral election,” said Sharma.
Opposing the move, AAP leaders said the MLAs’ conviction (for three months) was later stayed in the high court. “Also, the law categorically states that unless the conviction is for two years, the person cannot be debarred from participating in such proceedings,” said Pathak.
As soon as the presiding officer asked for the two MLAs to leave, BJP councillors gathered in the well and began shouting, “Mayor ka chunav hone do”. Within the next few minutes, the presiding officer adjourned the house (at 12:10 pm) for the next date and left the house.
After 10 minutes, AAP councillors also left the meeting hall and called a press conference where AAP leader Atishi announced that they will pursue the matter in Supreme Court now.
“It was quite visible that while we were sitting silently from the beginning, the presiding officer was clearly violating the norms. Holding elections for all posts at once was against the LG’s direction which stated that the presiding officer will conduct the elections for mayor after which the latter will take charge. BJP is not accepting the people’s mandate,” said Shelly Oberoi, AAP’s candidate for mayor.
Responding to this, the presiding officer said that they respect the Constitution and work as per norms. “I wanted the election to happen in a fair manner which is why a decision was taken to hold the elections on all posts simultaneously,” said Satya Sharma.
Prior to Monday, two futile attempts had been made – on January 6 and 24 – to hold the mayoral elections. Polling for the MCD elections took place on December 4 and the results were announced on December 7. AAP managed to get a clear mandate, winning 134 out of 250 seats. BJP bagged 104 seats and Congress 9.