Parliaments across the world have time and again witnessed scuffles break out between lawmakers from different parties over political and non-political issues.
Politicians in different countries go out of their way when they express themselves, and this at times results in shameful physical conflicts.
The following are a series of pictures Mehr News Agency released on March 10 on parliamentary brawls between lawmakers and statesmen from across the world. Take a look:
Leung Kwok-hung, a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and a pro-democracy lawmaker, throws an object at Financial Secretary John Tsang.
A Turkish member of parliament [Grand National Assembly] falls to the ground amid a dispute over broadening police powers.
Members of the Parliament of South Africa quarrel during the president’s speech.
In Nepal, members of the Constituent Assembly chant slogans in the legislative body.
A lawmaker from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Turkish parliament pounds his fist on his rival’s face.
An MP in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong is trying to throw a plastic hammer at his rival.
An opposition member gets a nosebleed after scuffles erupt in the Turkish parliament.
Ukrainian politicians show their opposition by throwing wheat at their parliamentary rivals.
Lawmakers in Taiwan get involved in a physical fight during a ceremony to open a power plant in the country.
A legislator in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong throws a pillow at his opponent amid parliamentary debates over the retirement law.
The Ukrainian parliament descended into chaos during a debate over voting rights last year.
Ukrainian politicians brawl after a vote on a military contract with Russia. Lawmakers exchange eggs and smoke bombs in parliament.
A dispute erupts at a session of Ukraine’s parliament and the deputy speaker of the Ukrainian parliament is trying to strangle his rival.
Chaos breaks out in the Ukrainian legislature during which a deputy speaker throws a glass of hot water at the MP at the podium delivering a speech.
Scuffles at Ukraine’s parliament injure one lawmaker who is later taken to hospital on a stretcher.
Lawmakers in the Turkish parliament are engaged in a so-called necktie-fight.
Some Turkish lawmakers have come up with new methods to brawl in parliament.
A lawmaker in South Korea, who is opposed to a free trade agreement with the US, hurls a tear gas at the speaker of the National Assembly.
The Opposition members in the Parliament of Sri Lanka lose temper as the president submits the 2012 budget bill to the chamber.
Debates over [the government’s] austerity measures turn the Italian parliament into a scene of all-out brawls and fights.
A fight breaks out between members of the ruling party and those of the Opposition in the Taiwanese parliament in the buildup to the election.
In Bolivia, a poor local man attacks a member of the Opposition in a congressional session.
An Italian Senator is forced out of a vote of confidence session.
Mexican legislators get into a fist fight in the state legislature.
