Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland yesterday censured Members of Parliament for unbecoming behaviour.
In an announcement at the start of yesterday’s sitting, Scotland said those who now sit in the parliamentary chamber have been given an honourable tradition to follow. “Our predecessors left us a legacy of decorum and good practice for this House. I ask: What shall we leave our successors?” he said.
Referencing the last sitting, which was held on June 16, Scotland noted that several unprecedented scenes occurred, none of which were a credit to the institution or its members.
“All of them were avoidable and none of them excusable,” he stressed.