Tension heightens over Parley security

The wrangle in Parliament over the recently introduced security measures escalated when some opposition legislators refused to pass through the metal detector on Tuesday.

While the focus of this week’s heated debate was the introduction of the metal detector at Parliament, the issues of security has been a thorn since the vice president, Mokgweetsi Masisi announced a decision to beef up protocols. The VP announcement followed an incident in which MP for Mogoditshane, Sedirwa Kgoroba threw a bottle of water towards deputy speaker, Kagiso Molatlhegi.

During the question and answer session on Tuesday, the assistant minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Botlogile Tshireletso, informed the Speaker, Gladys Kokorwe, that she has witnessed some of opposition MPs refusing to go through the security checkpoint.

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