Action sought after laughter and interruptions in Parliament

TDT | Manama

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MP Basema Mubarak has asked Council of Representatives Speaker Ahmed bin Salman Al Musallam to act against what she called improper conduct during sittings, warning it harms Parliament’s standing and its image with the public.

In an official letter, she urged the Speaker to apply the chamber’s standing orders firmly to deter behaviour she described as out of line with the decorum expected in formal deliberations.

She said the recent laughter and unjustified interruptions that met her intervention on traffic accidents and pensioners’ issues under the dome of Parliament insulted the People’s House and the voters who entrusted their representatives.

Responsibility

“The national responsibility we all bear requires us to respect the constitutional institution we represent and to adhere to the highest standards of decorum and discipline during formal deliberations,” she wrote, adding that any transgression or mocking conduct breaks rules of parliamentary behaviour and the principle of respect for the Constitution.

MP Mubarak said the chamber should consider suitable organisational steps or internal questioning to prevent a repeat, arguing that firm standards protect Parliament’s role as a national institution, speak for Bahrainis and strengthen public confidence in its work.

She concluded that Parliament is “a national forum that should be a model of discipline and respect, and any behaviour that diminishes its dignity or that of its members does not represent the values of Bahraini society or its long parliamentary history.”