It may be that the UDC members over played their hand by being over assertive. It may be that the BDP members contributed in kind. If we do not all agree about the cause, we should all agree that what happened should never have happened. Similarly the MPs, whilst likely to be attributing blame, should all be mortified that one of them should have been manhandled by security guards at the request of the Deputy Speaker.
It may be suggested that the mode of removal was not specified and that the security guards took it upon themselves to pick up Hon. Butale, carry him outside and then throw him away like a bucket of dirty washing water. To that extent, the Deputy Speaker may claim that he could not be held responsible for what so sadly transpired. On the other hand, it must be asked why, if matters in his judgment, were getting out of hand, he did not suspend the session? A check with Google was sufficient to provide information as to the provisions available in the British House of Commons when problems occur there – my assumption being that what is available to the Speaker there will also be available here. Thus, ‘if an MP disregards the authority of the Chair or persistently obstructs the House in its duties then he or she can be ‘named’.
