Tuesday, June 21, 2005

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark sent packing from parliament




Video of PM sent packing from Parliament

Both the Prime Minister and the opposition leader were thrown out of the house during question time on Tuesday for interjecting while other members were speaking.

Helen Clark was the first to go after she yelled out a comment to the National MP Nick Smith while he was asking a question.

A short time later Don Brash was told to leave the chamber for calling out to Foreign Minister Phil Goff while he was speaking to a point of order.

Speaker Margaret Wilson told the house that the rules about not interjecting during questions or points of order apply to everyone.

Dare the speaker of the Malaysian Parliament act the same if he faces similar situation? The record shows that speaker only have balls to do such when faced with the opposition members of Parliament.

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