Why does it take the NZ Speaker of Parliament only a few words to settle down any noisy disorder by loud MPs in the Beehive?
The question came up after watching the senior National MP Judith Collins go all out at PM Ardern and her Labour Party for not doing what Samoa did and closed the borders when the COVID-19 struck.
The criticisms riled up Labour MPs, they went into a loud uproar to drown out the voice of the opposition member.
This was when the Speaker jumped in.
“C’mon that’s enough fun,” is all he said. Everyone kept quiet. It’s all there to see in a NZ Parliamentary video.
The Speaker was also shown with a laugh…well…more like a knowing smirk on his face after giving the order.
Rewind to our Mulinu’u upside down Wok House that has become a floorshow for Stui and his newborn agitators.
The patience of our own Speaker Toleafoa is a wonder.
Sometimes he sounded more like a grandpa saying nice things to calm down his angry grandsons for not getting ice cream.
Why is that?
Maybe the difference between the two Speakers is age. The ‘pakeha’ fella looks more like a hardline father who doesn’t want to repeat himself to his children.
Our ‘grandpapa’ is getting on and reacts more like a loving, cuddly patriarch keeping his grandchildren happy and the family at peace.
It showed up strongly against sweet talkers like MP La’auli right up to the time the Gagaifomauga MP resigned.
The former Speaker knows the ‘ ins and outs’ of Standing Orders so well he kept it sweet with Toleafoa and got away with it when he went up against Stui.
The Speaker struggled to make the syrupy MP sit down and keep order.
Really felt for Toleafoa because he knew what was happening but it’s as if he is doing everything possible to stop Stui, from cracking his fatherly whip.
“ …..the whip is a figure of speech, right, dear?
