Interim DA leader John Steenhuisen will this week lay criminal charges against the police officers who prevented him entering Parliament ahead of the budget speech
It is understood that many other opposition MPs also endured this treatment at the hands of the police.
After the speech, Steenhuisen confronted three senior police officials about the incident, one of whom then prevented a journalist from filming the interaction, claiming that the journalist was not “authorised” to do so. Mazzone asked Thandi Modise, the Speaker, to investigate the incident, because it is a contravention of the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament Act.
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