LETTER: Speaker must get tough on disrupters
By being a prisoner to the rules, the speaker allows parliament to be the victim of an asymmetrical attack
25 February 2020 - 16:32
With the EFF gearing up to disrupt the budget speech, one hopes the speaker is better prepared than at the state of the nation address.
Once a group shows intent to disrupt the sitting, by word or action, the rules should no longer govern the actions of the speaker since the so-called points of order are in bad faith...
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