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Nonsense over... 'nonsense'
Mar. 13th, 2014 09:10 pmMP tossed out over ‘nonsense’
http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/mp-tossed-out-over-nonsense-1.1661067
Following a set of verbal exchanges reminiscent of a Monty Python sketch, disagreement over the meaning of the word “nonsense” saw an MP ordered out of the National Assembly on Thursday.
Speaking after a statement by Acting Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Lechesa Tsenoli on the recent land audit report, Freedom Front Plus MP Pieter Groenewald told him he was talking nonsense.
“I want to say to the Honourable Minister, you came to this podium and you spoke a load of nonsense. You said nothing. You're supposed to make a statement on the land audit, and all you came here to say is we're busy with the land audit.”
Prompted by an outcry from ruling party members, Deputy Speaker Nomaindia Mfeketo told him he could not use the word.
“Honourable, Groenewald, even if it's not parliamentary, nonsense is nonsense. You can't say in this Parliament the minister come and speaks nonsense.”
Groenewald responded: “Thank you Deputy Speaker, but if nonsense is nonsense, then the minister is speaking nonsense, and I can't say something if he speaks nonsense. Nonsense is nonsense.”
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http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/mp-tossed-out-over-nonsense-1.1661067
Following a set of verbal exchanges reminiscent of a Monty Python sketch, disagreement over the meaning of the word “nonsense” saw an MP ordered out of the National Assembly on Thursday.
Speaking after a statement by Acting Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Lechesa Tsenoli on the recent land audit report, Freedom Front Plus MP Pieter Groenewald told him he was talking nonsense.
“I want to say to the Honourable Minister, you came to this podium and you spoke a load of nonsense. You said nothing. You're supposed to make a statement on the land audit, and all you came here to say is we're busy with the land audit.”
Prompted by an outcry from ruling party members, Deputy Speaker Nomaindia Mfeketo told him he could not use the word.
“Honourable, Groenewald, even if it's not parliamentary, nonsense is nonsense. You can't say in this Parliament the minister come and speaks nonsense.”
Groenewald responded: “Thank you Deputy Speaker, but if nonsense is nonsense, then the minister is speaking nonsense, and I can't say something if he speaks nonsense. Nonsense is nonsense.”
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