Morning Star.png South Africa: Rules Changed to Stop Thuggery in Parliament The Morning Star, London, 31 July 2015 South Africa's communists joined the ruling ANC in welcoming new rules to prevent thuggish disruptions in parliament. Under the amended rules the sergeant-at-arms of the national assembly can be called on to remove any member who refuses a reasonable request from the speaker to leave, and use necessary force if they resist. Any member who intervenes to hinder the sergeant-at-arms will also be removed from the chamber. The amendment was supported by all parties except former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, whose assembly members have repeatedly disrupted proceedings. South African Communist Party spokesman Alex Mashilo hailed the new rules, saying: "Our country and democracy can no longer afford to be held at ransom by the EFF hooligans." From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-8c60-South-Africa-Rules-changed-to-stop -thuggery-in-parliament#.Vbrr4Pmqqko -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
