Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:00:56 +0000 By SIMON MUNTEMBA THE suspension of 48 opposition UPND Members of Parliament after the second act of misconduct was in line with the parliamentary code of conduct, says Patriotic Front (PF) Deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri. Ms Phiri said that there was nothing wrong with the decision by Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini to suspend the MPs. She recollected how she was suspended from Parliament for 3 months a few years back when she was a Parliamentarian. “There is nothing sinister about the one month suspension of the UPND parliamentarians by the Speaker. I was once suspended for 3 months when I was an MP, Speaking during the PF interactive forum on Sunday, Ms Phiri said that it was unfortunate that the opposition MPs wanted to imitate the South African Parliament were the Parliamentarians behaved anyhow when in the House to the extent of even insulting […]
as Mumbi Phiri says suspension of UPND MPs constitutional
