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Office of the ANC Chief Whip, 11 December 2015 Powers and Privileges Committee to Consider MPs' Conduct The Office of the ANC Chief Whip notes and respects the decision of the Speaker of the National Assembly to refer the conduct of three Members of Parliament, from the ANC and the DA, to the parliamentary powers and privileges committee for its consideration. The three MPs are ANC MP Peace Mabe for referring to a fellow MP as a "bastard", DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane for defying the authority of the presiding officer and for referring to the President as a "criminal", and DA deputy chief whip Mike Waters for his offensive utterances against the Speaker and disregarding her ruling. As we have said previously, the law and rules that govern the conduct of MPs in this institution must be applied consistently, fairly, fearlessly and without any political bias to protect this institution from decay. Our rules and laws have teeth and thus must bite through their consistent application as and when conduct that threatens the integrity of Parliament rears its ugly head. As the ANC in Parliament, we condemn in the strongest terms any conduct that undermines the decorum of the House and the confidence our people have in this democratic institution. Insults and unruly behaviour are an affront to the freedom of speech and they do nothing to enhance robust and frank parliamentary debates that must take our country forward. Issued by the Office of the ANC Chief Whip Enquiries: Moloto Mothapo 082 370 6930 -- -- 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.
