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Parliament, 11 December 2014 Allegations of Bias are Misleading and Untrue The Democratic Alliance has continuously requested that Presiding Officers apply the rules of the house consistently. It's therefore ironic that the same DA now cries foul when the Speaker of the National Assembly is applying those rules. Some members have blatantly ignored long established processes and brought an element of pandemonium to the business of the House. The Speaker has referred the conduct of two DA MPs and an ANC MP to the Powers and Privileges Committee to consider it in terms of its mandate. ANC MP, Ms Bertha Peace Mabe's unparliamentary remarks as well as the contents of her speech on the 16 September 2014 have been referred to the committee. On the 13 November 2014, Deputy Chief Whip of the DA, Hon Michael Waters, continuously defied the Speaker by refusing to abide by her directives and rulings. In accordance with the rules Hon Waters was asked to leave the Chamber and he did not. On the same day, the Deputy Speaker named the Leader of the Opposition, Hon Mmusi Maimane, in accordance with Rule 52(b). This after he disregarded the authority of the Chair when asked to withdraw unparliamentary remarks. Once a member has been named, the member must leave the chamber. Hon Maimane did not leave the house. The DA statement is therefore unfounded and baseless and pre-emptive of the outcomes of the Powers and Privileges Committee. Order must return to the house to ensure the business of parliament is conducted. Issued by the Parliamentary Communication Services on behalf of the National Assembly Speaker, Ms Baleka Mbete For enquiries please contact: Mandlakazi Sigcawu Tel: 021 403 2095 Cell: 072 108 0354 Email: [email protected] -- -- 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.
