Maynier chucked out of the House

Maynier, who has been on a crusade to force the defence minister to release explosive reports on morale in the military, was asked to leave the house after he refused to withdraw a remark in which he accused Sisulu of "telling a big political fib to parliament" over what is contained in the reports.nike air max 95 on sale

The two reports were compiled by the interim national defence force service commission, which Sisulu appointed last year to advise her on service conditions.

Maynier has been using the daily slot allocated to MPs to make statements on any issue, to quote from one of the reports - which he has in his possession.

Maynier yesterday quoted a paragraph from the report, which he said proved that the minister's assertion was a lie, referring to her contention that parliament cannot force her to release the defence reports as they have nothing to do with legislation currently before the defence portfolio committee .

"The fact is that the minister has been caught out telling a big political fib to this parliament," said Maynier. nike air max shoes for sale

Deputy Education Minister Enver Surty immediately took offence, requesting the Speaker to force Maynier to withdraw the remark as unparliamentary.

Speaker Max Sisulu then asked Maynier to withdraw the remark, saying he had failed to substantiate it. But the DA MP refused to comply with the Speaker's instruction.

The Speaker then ordered him to leave the National Assembly. cheap nike air max shoes

The DA stood by its man, however, saying it was the defence minister and not Maynier that needed to be rebuked by the house.

Maynier is not new to controversy. He crossed swords with ANC MPs last year after brandishing documents which he said proved the country had entered into arms deals with rogue states, some of them under UN sanctions.
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But Northern Cape league chairman Shadrack Tlhaole refused, telling supporters after Block's court appearance on Wednesday: "The ANCYL is standing by its decision and will not apologise to anyone when we defend John Block".

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