FX.co ★ Parliament as a ring: mass fights within the walls of political institutions

Julius Malema, an official from South Africa, once started a mass brawl in the building of the local parliament. The politician and his colleagues representing the Economic Freedom Fighters party publicly accused President Jacob Zuma of not following the constitution. The brawl resulted in broken furniture and not very good reputation of several politicians.

Photo: the South African parliament's guards are trying to bring persons responsible for the fight out of the room.

Isaac Mwaura, a Kenyan politician, representing the Orange Democratic Movement, provoked the scandal during the election of candidates for high government positions. Mwaura decided that the voting did not follow the rules and thwarted the event.

Another politician-fighter is a Hong Kong resident Leung Kwok-hung. The politician dared to throw his shoes at the finance minister of the main financial center of Asia John Tsang.

During the discussion on the procedure for identifying radical Islamists among the Turkish population, Turkish parliamentarians committed a mass brawl. Politicians could not find a common decision and gave free rein to their fists.

Photo: an official from the National Action Party takes a blow from Mukheddin Aksak.

In 2010, within the walls of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, there was a massive brawl because of opposite opinions regarding the stay of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in Crimea.

Photo: mass fights of Italian MPs, which occurred during the discussion of an important economic reform.

Taiwanese politicians made a loud scuffle in 2010. The officials quarreled during the discussion of the nuances of the trade agreement with China. As a result of a mass brawl, several politicians were taken to the hospital.

In 2004, members of the ruling party of South Korea were attacked by representatives of political opposition. The situation was connected with impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.

Photo: the members of opposition pulling the speaker of parliament from the ruling party off the rostrum.

Once the Russian State Duma also became a place for fighting. In 2005, there was a fight between representatives of two parties: Rodina and the LDPR (Liberal Democratic Party of Russia).

In 2006, a mass brawl occurred in the Mexican Congress. Members of the left parties were dissatisfied with the very rapid inauguration of the new head of state, Felipe Calderon, and tried to disrupt the president's taking the oath.

Massive fights also occurred in the Japanese parliament. Tokyo officials could not come to a consensus on a new security policy. The law adopted by parliamentarians, for the first time since World War II, allowed soldiers from Japan to take part in hostilities abroad.