During SONA 2017, security agents remove EFF MPs from Parliament. (Esa Alexander/Gallo Images/The Times)
The EFF said the MPs who were forcibly removed from Parliament after protesting then President Jacob Zuma's two State of the Union Addresses (SONA) would receive the same grant given to the victims of the Life Esidimeni scandal. They argue that some type of “constitutional damages'' should be awarded. .
In the EFF's complaint against the Speaker of Parliament, the Minister of Police and the President of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), former EFF MP Goderich Gardee accused parliamentary authorities of “using white shirts”. [security officials] Punish EFF members who made critical comments regarding former President Zuma's unfitness to serve as co-chairman of SONA. ”
“The Parliamentary Protection Service used unreasonable force, violence, and aggression to pursue the objectives desired by the people. [the Speaker and the NCOP chairperson] was a hindrance to its realization. [EFF MPs’] It is the responsibility of the Diet.”
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