Our great Parliamentarians: Repeated adjournments and interrupted proceedings in Parliament seem to have become the norm, since most opposition nowadays takes the form of obstruction instead of debate. Members of parliament evidently do not feel accountable to the people who have elected them even when government business is held up day after day as they drum up a ruckus, cause adjournments or just walk out. Neither are there penalties for holding up a day’s session — no MP loses even his daily allowance. A functioning Parliament is now an exception, not the rule.
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:35:54 +0000