Democracy – “Ya gotta love it”
In the House of Commons a political fight is little more than a mildly-worded disagreement – but in Taiwan it’s more akin to a violent football brawl.
In the island nation’s most recent melee, more than 70 MPs punched and wrestled each other to the ground, yanked clothing and hurled anything in a politician’s grasp.
One member of the governing party even claimed that he had been bitten by a member of the opposition.
The extraordinary violence broke out when legislators from the ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) failed to reach a consensus on changes to the Local Government Act.
‘A violent conflict erupted in the process after the DPP had exhausted other means to stop the law,’ the ruling party said in a statement.
Three KMT legislators said they were hurt in the melee. The law passed after the brawl.
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mike Says:
Question period WWE style. I could go for that. Reminds me a few years ago when the Reform party was in opposition, one of the Alberta Reform members actually challenged someone from the other side to take it outside with him and settle it there.
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Posted on January 18th, 2010 at 5:43 pm