Bahraini MP suspended for verbally abusing colleagues

Bahraini MP suspended for verbally abusing colleagues
Bahrain MPs on Tuesday voted in majority to suspend one of their colleagues after he verbally abused two MPs during a weekly parliament session.

The lawmakers agreed to suspend newly-elected MP Osama Al Tamimi for the coming 20 parliament sessions as a punishment for violating norms.

The parliament's legal affairs committee on Tuesday approved the suspension.

This is the first time an MP is dismissed or suspended since the Bahraini parliament was formed in 2002.

Al Tamimi, a former boxer, exchanged words with Ghanim Al Buainin, a senior MP from the Al Asala (Conservative Sunni) bloc at a parliament session last month, causing furore among the fellow MPs.

Later on the same day, Al Tamimi picked another fight during the lunch break with female MP Sawsan Taqawi, head of the parliament's foreign affairs, defense and national security committee.

Al Tamimi was elected during the recent parliamentary by- election along with Taqawi, the country's second female MP.

Editor: Deng Shasha

English.news.cn   2011-11-22 19:29:04 FeedbackPrintRSS
MANAMA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua)