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Student criticises conduct of MPs
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 5 hours ago
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Friday, May 24 2013 The conduct of parliamentarians was criticised yesterday by Form Four students of Hillview College and St Augustine Girls High School at the Sixth Interactive Session of the Parliaments School Outreach Programme. At the session,
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Maldives: Parliamentary Privilege Law May Hurt Media Freedom
Malé :: Maldives | 2 months ago
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The Parliamentary Privileges Act was initially passed by the Maldives parliament, the Majlis in December 2012, but effectively vetoed when President Mohammad Waheed returned it for reconsideration. In recently passing the act afresh by sufficient
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Tearing of SC/ST Bill: House rules advocate ?stricter punishment?
New Delhi :: India | 5 months ago
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December 21, 2012 A day after no action was taken against the Samajwadi Party MPs , who snatched a copy of the Reservation in Quota Promotion Bill' from Minister V. Narayanasamy in the Lok Sabha and tore it up, RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal
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MP breached rules by lending car, ombudsman finds
Melbourne :: Australia | 8 months ago
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John Woudstra The Ombudsman has found that Liberal MP Geoff Shaw inappropriately used his parliamentary vehicle for commercial purposes. The ombudsman, George Brouwer, found that the Frankston MP used the car for commercial purposes in breach of
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Tanzania: Noose Tightens On 'Corrupt' MPs
Dodoma :: Tanzania | 10 months ago
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Mageuzi, Mr James Mbatia, has questioned the moral authority of the Parliamentary Privileges, Ethics and Powers Committee on investigating MPs accused of corruption. The MPs have been implicated of being bribed in a plot to oust Energy and Minerals
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Murdochs could not have been forced to give select committee evidence, report says | Joshua Rozenberg
Street :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
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Rupert Murdoch could not have been forced to attend the Commons culture media and sport committee if they had refused to give evidence on phone hacking last year, according to new research Photograph: Pa/PA Archive/Press Association Ima Rupert
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Cappo steps down from government roles
Adelaide :: Australia | over 1 year ago
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Monsignor David Cappo's appointment had been questioned by independent senator Nick Xenophon, who used parliamentary privilege to suggest he failed to investigate in a timely manner sex abuse allegations in the Catholic Church in South Australia.
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Prashant Bhushan tells MPs not to be too sensitive
Justice :: IL :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Advocate and Team Anna's key person Prashant Bhushan, who was served with a breach of privilege notice by the Rajya Sabha secretariat for allegedly making derogatory references to members of Parliament, on Wednesday replied to the notice stating that
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Omar, think twice before tweeting
New Delhi :: India | over 1 year ago
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Government should be more cautious After the Anna Hazare episode, the government should have been cautious and should not have seemed to be vindictive. The income-tax notice issued to Arvind Kejriwal now seems to be little suspicious. The department
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New laws may be 'only way forward' to combat hacking of MPs' phones
Birkenhead :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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William Fernando Martinez/AP MPs today heard calls for new legislation that would give parliament powers to impose sanctions against individuals involved in phone hacking, even if the police decided not to proceed with a case. The case was made at
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