New Zealand PM thrown out of parliament during debate on Panama Papers

Key was kicked out of parliament. Photo AFP
Key was kicked out of parliament. Photo AFP

Being New Zealand’s prime minister granted John Key no special favours during a heated parliamentary debate about the Panama Papers.

Reprimanded for failing to ignore a call to order, he was thrown out of the chamber by house speaker David Carter.

Mr Carter said Mr Key had ignored several of his warnings: “He is to be treated no differently to any other in this house,” Mr Carter said.
It is not the first time John Key has been thrown out of the chamber as PM.

Parliamentary records show he has been expelled on three other occasions while MP, the New Zealand news website Stuff reports.

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16 Comments

  1. Face the Facts
    May 11, 2016

    This has never happened in Canada and the US. I do not expect it will ever happen. Is it that these PM’s are more civilized than that PM? Everyone gets a chance to speak and to argue their case.
    Be fair and broadminded. So what type of Parliament has New Zealand? It appears those who rule above the PM are uncivilized and have no respect.

  2. FORKIT
    May 11, 2016

    I GUESS NEW ZEALAND IS A REAL COUNTRY.

  3. May 11, 2016

    Madame Speaker! Take note you claim to be the smartest speaker in the Caribbean.

  4. Joan
    May 11, 2016

    You my fellow Dominicans are allowing th e speaker of the house to treat Skerrit like a king. I have not seen a people who are so stupid. They love their P.M. more than themselves. Can you imagine this…….. i know the speaker I went to school with her we were not Taught these bad ethics. I hope she confessed her sins..

  5. papa
    May 11, 2016

    if they throw skerrit out of parliament…hahaha…boy fellas will laugh that. :lol:

    • dee
      May 11, 2016

      De New Zealand Police would support the speaker if required .
      try dat here nah for allu to get outdated tear gas in allu A##

  6. Concern citizen
    May 11, 2016

    The Common Wealth of DOMINICA is not a country in the real world so that can never happen in such a country, so don’t expect that to happen unless there is a total TRANSFORMATION and that SKERRIT is up at STOCKFARM serving his rightful time

  7. %
    May 11, 2016

    Skerrit will do what he wants,how he wants,the way he wants IN HIS HOUSE!!! Do we have a speaker?

    • Locs Girl
      May 11, 2016

      There’s a speaker of the house nah?

  8. Not Impressed
    May 11, 2016

    That can never happen in Dominica.
    Skerrit is the speaker of the House

  9. IamanIdiot
    May 11, 2016

    It will be a cold day in hell if the ole speaker ever do that :-D :-D

  10. Anansi
    May 11, 2016

    Now that is real democracy, not the nonsense we have here.

  11. I Knew
    May 11, 2016

    lol not in DA that happening nuh :-D :-D :-D

  12. The Prophet
    May 11, 2016

    Oh Lord, true democracy at play, which we can only dream of in our impoverished lttle country. Pray God give us deliverance and true freedom. Our ancestors suffered too much for us to be shackled and muzzled.

  13. JAY
    May 11, 2016

    and the domnica attorney general saying he not excited about the panama papers
    even on though it has been revevaled that a number of prominient dominicans have
    accounts there smh

  14. guest of honor
    May 11, 2016

    Unbiased!!!… unlike Mrs. Bullfrog down here!!!

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