PARLIAMENT’s policy not to allow the broadcast of disruptions in Parliament is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court of Appeal says.Disruptions in Parliament have increasingly become a part of SA’s political landscape. Although the policy has not been implemented lately, it is still officially in place, allowing the option that the camera may remain on the National Assembly speaker during incidents of "unparliamentary conduct" and "grave disturbances".The case followed President Jacob Zuma’s dramatic 2015 state of the nation address, which — before it even got under way — was interrupted as journalists chanted "bring back the signal" in response to the use of a signal-jamming device, which prevented the use of cellphones in the chamber.A heated exchange followed between speaker Baleka Mbete and MPs from the EFF, ending in them being forcibly removed by unidentified men in white shirts, followed by an angry walkout by some opposition parties.While MPs were being manhandled out of the c...
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