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There was complete pandemonium in Parliament yesterday after police ill-advisedly stormed the National Assembly to rough up opposition legislators following a bizarre attempt by authorities to eject an MDC MP from the august House for wearing a jacket adorned in the colours of the Zimbabwe flag.

The unprecedented action by the police - which even some Zanu PF legislators described as "utterly shocking" - came after acting Speaker of Parliament Mabel Chinomona surprisingly ruled that MDC MP Costa Machingauta be removed from the House for proudly wearing his colourful jacket: arguably one of the highest demonstrations of patriotism and nationalism by a citizen.