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Riot police again brought into National Assembly─── 06:22 Fri, 21 Nov 2014
Johannesburg - The ANC abandoned a debate in the National Assembly last night on a report calling for the suspension of 20 Economic Freedom Fighters MPs from the legislature.
The decision came after five hours of tense meetings in Parliament, while riot police were again brought into the precinct a week after they were sent into the Chamber to evict an EFF MP.
EFF MP Sipho Mbatha said they have agreed to continue with the sitting but to make the report stand over and to call another sitting next week Tuesday.
Mbatha said it was also agreed at a meeting of chief whips that talks to end the political impasse in Parliament would continue in the meanwhile.
DA spokesperson, Mabine Seabe, said it was agreed that political parties would hold another meeting with Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who brokered a fragile truce between political parties in Parliament on Tuesday.
