Parliament is tightening its rules to avoid disruptions similar to the one during President Jacob Zuma’s last question session in the legislature in June.
Speaker Baleka Mbete said on Thursday that the rules committee had been convened to make sure that it provides for necessary rules and mechanisms in order for Parliament to deliver on its constitutional expectations.
She said the committee had discussed the need to have the rules reviewed on a technical level and would introduce a revised set in Parliament to be put to the vote by MP's.
Mbete said many South Africans appeared to be under the misconception that the rationale for revising the rules was to stifle opposition views.
Parliament's rules committee is set to meet again next Tuesday.
