Vurugu ndani ya mabunge duniani..

Shayu · 2013-08-03T12:48:40+00:00

Wabunge wakikwaruzana kwenye mabunge ya wenzetu.inShare6 Reuters The Senate failed to pass a bill to avoid the sequester Thursday, virtually guaranteeing that massive across-the-board budget cuts will go into effect on March 1, and proving once again that Congress is utterly inept at solving any problems, including those of their making. But before bemoaning the Washington's pettiness and gridlock, Americans might want to take a look at the following photos from other capitals around the world. The package, assembled by Reuters, reveals lawmaker brawls so violent and brutal that our partisan bickering looks positively cordial in comparison. A Hong Kong lawmaker hurled a pillow at the Financial Secretary this week to demand universal retirement benefits. Reuters Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung throws a cloud-shape cushion at Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang to demand for a universal retirement protection scheme during the annual budget report at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong February 27, 2013. The sign reads "No more nonsense. Setup universal retirement protection scheme now." REUTERS/Tyrone Siu. In Macedonia, violent brawling broke out in parliament over the 2013 budget. Police in riot gear had to be called in to break up the fight. Reuters Macedonian deputies and members of opposition Social-Democratic Alliance of Macedonia (SDSM) rescue fellow party member Vesna Bendevska (C) during a clash with Parliament security as they try to protect parliament speaker Trajko Veljanovski in Skopje December 24, 2012. REUTERS/Viktor Popovski The Ukrainian parliament descended into chaos during a debate over voting rights last year. Reuters Parliament members scuffle over voting rules during the first session of the newly-elected Ukrainian parliament in Kiev December 13, 2012. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov. Violence is disturbingly common in the Ukrainian parliament. During this fight, lawmakers threw eggs and smoke bombs to protest a deal with the Russian navy. Reuters Deputies scuffle during a session in the chamber of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev April 27, 2010. Opposition lawmakers hurled eggs and smoke bombs inside Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday as the chamber approved an agreement allowing the Russian Navy to extend its stay in a Ukrainian port until 2042. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich. The vice speaker of the Ukrainian parliament even tried to choke a deputy once. Reuters Vice speaker of the Ukrainian Vekhovnaya Rada, Adam Martynyuk (R), scuffles with deputy Oleg Lyashko during a session in the chamber of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev May 18, 2011. REUTERS/Tatyana Bondarenko. A year later, another deputy threw hot tea all over the vice speaker. Reuters A deputy, Oleg Lyashko (L), douses vice-speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Adam Martynyuk, with tea during an extraordinary session of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev July 30, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer. One member of the Ukrainian parliament even had to be carried out on a stretcher after a particularly violent struggle. Reuters Deputies and paramedics carry an injured member of parliament after a scuffle in parliament in Kiev December 16, 2010. REUTERS/Sergey Svetlitsky. Ties were convenient weapons for these Turkish lawmakers. Reuters Turkey's ruling AK Party (AKP) lawmaker Muhittin Aksak (R) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Mahmut Tanal (L) scuffle during a debate at the parliament in Ankara late February 8, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer. These Turkish MPs took it one step further. Reuters Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) MP Idris Sami Tandogdu (R) and an unidentified CHP MP (rear R) hit Turkey's ruling Ak Party MP Alim Tunc (2nd L) as others try to stop the fight during a debate in the Turkish parliament in Ankara May 28, 2007. REUTERS/Anatolian/Nuri Kaynar This South Korean lawmaker was so against the 2011 U.S. free trade agreement, he threw a tear gas at the National Assembly chairman. Reuters Lawmaker Kim Sun-dong (C) of the Democratic Labour Party struggles with security guards after he detonated a tear gas canister towards the chairman's seat, to try to stop the ruling Grand National Party's move to ratify a bill on a free trade agreement with the U.S., at the National Assembly in Seoul November 22, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer. Members of the Sri Lankan opposition turned violent when the President presented his 2012 budget. Reuters Sri Lanka's Members of Parliament of main opposition United National Party and government members of parliament clash as President Mahinda Rajapaksa presents the 2012 budget in Parliament in Colombo November 21, 2011. Austerity debates devolved into an all-out brawl in the Italian Parliament. Reuters Claudio Barbato (L), a member of the opposition FLI party, fights with Fabio Ranieri (R) from the Northern League in Parliament in Rome October 26, 2011. REUTERS/Ansa/Giuseppe Lami. This South Korean lawmaker tried to escape a fight over an environmental bill. Reuters Lawmakers of opposition parties help their fellow lawmaker (top) who tries to escape as they scuffle with lawmakers of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) at the National Assembly plenary session hall in Seoul December 8, 2010. The opposition lawmakers were trying to prevent GNP lawmakers from passing new bills, including the new year's budget bill. South Korea's government rammed through the 2011 budget on Wednesday amid brawls between lawmakers over billions of dollars of spending on controversial projects to clean up the country's rivers. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak. In Taiwan, members of the opposition party mutinied against the ruling party during a heated election year. Reuters Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators scuffle with ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators (top) at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei July 8, 2010. Taiwan legislators threw objects, splashed water and kicked one another on Thursday, sending two to the hospital in a brawl over how fast to ratify a trade pact with China that is shaping up as a pivotal election issue. REUTERS/Nicky Loh. Taiwanese political brawling is also remarkably common. This legislator was injured after lawmakers started hurling stones and lunchboxes at one another. Reuters Taiwan legislators treat a colleague who was injured following a fight in parliament in Taipei May 8, 2007. REUTERS/Stringer. In Bolivia, an "unidentified indigenous deputy" attacked a member of the opposition during a session of Congress. Reuters Bolivian opposition congressman Fernando Rodriguez battles with an unidentified indigenous deputy of President Evo Morales' party during a congress session in La Paz, April 9, 2009. REUTERS/David Mercado. This Italian senator had to be forcibly removed from a confidence vote. Reuters Udeur senator Tommaso Barbato (L) is held while being removed from a confidence vote session at the Senate in Rome January 24, 2008. REUTERS/Tony Gentile In Mexico, fighting broke out on the floor of Congress after one party attempted to take over the podium. Reuters Congressional lawmakers from PAN (below) pull down a lawmaker of PRD (C) who is trying to get to the podium during an attempt to take over the congress just days before the inauguration of Felipe Calderon as Mexican president in Mexico City November 28, 2006. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo. South Korean lawmakers have literally removed the speaker of parliament from her seat. Imagine if Republicans had tried that with Nancy Pelosi... Reuters Lawmakers from opposition parties remove a Uri Party lawmaker (C), who backs President Roh Moo-hyun, from speaker's seat in parliament in Seoul March 12, 2004. South Korea's opposition-dominated parliament passed an unprecedented bill on Friday to impeach President Roh for violating election laws. Parliamentary officials said at a rowdy televised session 193 members of the 273-seat National Assembly had voted for the bill to remove the 57-year-old former human rights lawyer from office, more than the two-thirds majority of 181 occupied seats required. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won PP04030060 Pictures of the Year 2004 ODLY PP04100190 LJW/FA Read more: PHOTOS: Epic Political Brawls - Business Insider

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