Chaotic scenes have erupted inside Senegal’s National Assembly after two female Members of Parliament physically attempted to remove a male colleague from the podium after he allegedly overstayed his allocated speaking time.
Footage of the incident shows the two female legislators dressed in formal traditional attire physically gripping and pulling the male MP away from the podium as he appears to resist, while the presiding officer watches from the elevated chair above and fellow legislators observe from the floor.
The incident highlights growing tensions within Senegal’s legislature, where debates over speaking time, procedural rules, and parliamentary conduct have become increasingly contentious.
The specific subject of the debate during which the altercation occurred was not confirmed at the time of publication.
The footage has drawn significant attention on social media across all media platforms with reactions divided between those who applauded the female MPs for enforcing speaking time rules and those who criticised the physical nature of their intervention as unbecoming of a legislative chamber.
The Speaker of the National Assembly and the Parliament’s communications all broke out in laughter over the issue.
Senegal’s National Assembly has experienced several high-profile moments of parliamentary disorder in recent years amid the country’s evolving political landscape.
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