Parliament reviews MPs' conduct following numerous complaints

The confrontational style among the new generation of members of Parliament has sparked unease with guests appearing before portfolio committees, according to National Assembly Chair of Chairs Cedrick Frolick.

- By Queenin Masuabi

Frolick told Sunday World that his office received a call on Thursday with a complaint about the conduct displayed during Parliament's portfolio committee on higher education and training, where the management of the Eastern Cape-based Ingwe TVET school was probed.

This prompted his office to compile footage of meetings, which have trended on social media because of heated exchanges, to determine if MPs displayed inappropriate behaviour.

"We have to find out why the guests who are invited to Parliament have taken offence. I have heard about how young MPs conducted themselves. We have not received any letters, but we have to do some self-introspection," he said.

Frolick believes that while it is important for MPs to take their oversight role seriously, it must be done appropriately.

"It is our objective to encourage MPs to be robust; it should be in the spirit of mutual collaboration," he said.