Parliament paralysed by punch-up pandemonium
23 Mar 2010, 8:38 PM
Parliament was cancelled today by Speaker Abdulla Shahid, after DRP MP Ahmed Mahlouf reportedly approached MDP MP Alhan Fahmy, tapped him on the shoulder and informed him he was sitting in a DRP seat.
MPs from the major parties leapt to the defence of their respective party members, and the chamber quickly degenerated into a brawl.
Fahmy recently switched to the MDP from the DRP after being suspended from the DRP for voting against the party on the issue of a no-confidence motion against foreign Minister Dr Ahmed Shaheed. Mahlouf was particularly vocal regarding Fahmy’s decision to cross the floor, at one stage describing the MP for Seenu Feydhoo as a “political prostitute”.
After the battle, MPs were displaying their injuries to journalists outside parliament.
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