Tense scenes unfolded in the Bahamas House of Parliament.
Opposition MP Shanendon Cartwright threw the ceremonial mace out of a window.
Cartwright’s action came after the speaker of the house refused to let him speak
during a heated debate about a police corruption scandal.
Throwing the mace out the window has historic significance in Bahamian political history.
In 1965, the leader of the opposition performed the same action in a push for electoral change,
in an event known in the Bahamas as ‘Black Tuesday’.
Opposition MP Shanendon Cartwright threw the ceremonial mace out of a window.
Cartwright’s action came after the speaker of the house refused to let him speak
during a heated debate about a police corruption scandal.
Throwing the mace out the window has historic significance in Bahamian political history.
In 1965, the leader of the opposition performed the same action in a push for electoral change,
in an event known in the Bahamas as ‘Black Tuesday’.
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00:00Get him. Oh, my. What I will do is address you when this member is done. I will address
00:25you. You don't know what that address entails. We will deal with that when I get to that
00:33order of business. The chair recognizes the honorable member for Freetown.
00:41Now I will say.
00:46Get him.