We take a look at some of the past incidents that led to MPs walking out of Parliament.
EFF MPsstaged a walk out from Parliament on Thursday after leader Julius Malema was kicked out for failing to withdraw his statement; however this was not a new thing for the national assembly.
Although the EFF’s raucous departure was highly frowned upon, walk-outs are nothing new to the house of parliament where heated debates usually take place.
We take a look at some of the past incidents that led to MPs walking out of Parliament.
>>>> Freedom Front Plus MP Pieter Groenewald was ordered to leave the house following his refusal to withdraw the ‘nonsense’ comment earlier this year.
"I want to say to the Honourable Minister, you came to this podium and you spoke a load of nonsense. You said nothing. You're supposed to make a statement on the land audit, and all you came here to say is we're busy with the land audit,” he said referring to the then acting Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Lechesa Tsenoli.
Groenewald was then asked to withdraw his comment, which he refused to do.
>>>> In May 2012, Congress of the People president Mosiuoa Lekota’s refusal to withdraw his statement on President Jacob Zuma also led to him being booted out.
This was after Lekota accused the President of violating his oath. He told Parliament that the President had failed to uphold his Constitutional obligation to protect the rights of artist Brett Murray, who depicted Zuma with his genitals exposed.
Opposition MPs followed the Cope President after he was ordered from the House.
>>>> Another altercation which took, although it didn’t result in a walk-out, was between Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and DA MP David Maynier in November 2012.
While Sisulu was busy delivering her statement in the National Assembly, Maynier raised the issue of her (Sisulu) using luxury jets while she was Defence Minister.
Sisulu then labelled Maynier's claims as "hogwash and balderdash" and instructed him to take his "flea-infested body and sit down".
Members of Parliament then raised complaints about Sisulu’s comment to which National Assembly Speaker Max Sisulu responded that he would look at the complaints and get back to them.
Sisulu later withdrew the comment.
Watch the video: [courtesy, ENCA]
When Parliament takes it to the streets
We take a look at some of the past incidents that led to MPs walking out of Parliament.
EFF MPsstaged a walk out from Parliament on Thursday after leader Julius Malema was kicked out for failing to withdraw his statement; however this was not a new thing for the national assembly.
Although the EFF’s raucous departure was highly frowned upon, walk-outs are nothing new to the house of parliament where heated debates usually take place.
We take a look at some of the past incidents that led to MPs walking out of Parliament.
>>>> Freedom Front Plus MP Pieter Groenewald was ordered to leave the house following his refusal to withdraw the ‘nonsense’ comment earlier this year.
"I want to say to the Honourable Minister, you came to this podium and you spoke a load of nonsense. You said nothing. You're supposed to make a statement on the land audit, and all you came here to say is we're busy with the land audit,” he said referring to the then acting Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Lechesa Tsenoli.
Groenewald was then asked to withdraw his comment, which he refused to do.
>>>> In May 2012, Congress of the People president Mosiuoa Lekota’s refusal to withdraw his statement on President Jacob Zuma also led to him being booted out.
This was after Lekota accused the President of violating his oath. He told Parliament that the President had failed to uphold his Constitutional obligation to protect the rights of artist Brett Murray, who depicted Zuma with his genitals exposed.
Opposition MPs followed the Cope President after he was ordered from the House.
>>>> Another altercation which took, although it didn’t result in a walk-out, was between Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and DA MP David Maynier in November 2012.
While Sisulu was busy delivering her statement in the National Assembly, Maynier raised the issue of her (Sisulu) using luxury jets while she was Defence Minister.
Sisulu then labelled Maynier's claims as "hogwash and balderdash" and instructed him to take his "flea-infested body and sit down".
Members of Parliament then raised complaints about Sisulu’s comment to which National Assembly Speaker Max Sisulu responded that he would look at the complaints and get back to them.
Sisulu later withdrew the comment.
Watch the video: [courtesy, ENCA]
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