HOUSE IN CHAOS AS TIENSTEN IS DISMISSED AS MP
DISMISSED! |
Speaker Jeffery Nape, declared the seat vacant, citing Tiensten had missed three consecutive sessions of Parliament.
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Tiensten is the second Member of Parliament to have been dumped by Speaker Nape, the first being veteran politician and father of the nation, Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare.
The Speaker had invoked Section 104, 2b of the Constitution in both situations.
After declaring the Pomio Open seat vacant, Speaker Nape, temporarily adjourned the House, and ordered the Sergeant-At-Arms to remove Mr. Tiensten from the Floor.
However, the Sergeant-At-Arms did not remove Mr. Tiensten, and the Member refused to leave. Some 10 minutes later Mr. Tiensten left, voluntarily.
When the House resumed, former Attorney General, Sir Arnold Amet, called for a point of order to explain that a Supreme Court reference in relation to the section applied was in progress and that he cannot apply it on Mr. Tiensten, as it would be sub-judiced.
While he was still in the process of explaining, Mr. Tiensten re-turned to the Floor, throwing the House into a screaming match, some calling for the House to be dissolve. This forced the Speaker to adjourned the House, saying he cannot control it.
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