Congressman Hakah in the Middle of a Protest Session and Was Kicked from Congress | the Chronicle

the haka It is a traditional dance of the Maori people from New Zealand. It is a ritual known all over the world thanks to the All blacks, the rugby team of this country, which performs it before every match it plays.

However, his practice made headlines last Wednesday for a unusual scene that was experienced in Parliament from the country of Oceania.

Deputy David Waititi, representing the indigenous Maori people, He was kicked out of the congress session for dancing a haka in protest against “racist propaganda and rhetoric” towards the peoples of the country.

Lawmakers were debating government plans to create a new Maori health authority amid major changes to the national health system, when some Tory MPs called the plan separatist, to which Waititi responded by saying these arguments answered racist rhetoric.

The deputy maintained that he looked forced to hear a “bconstant bombardment of insults “ directed towards tangata whenua (a Maori expression for the traditional owners of the land) and argued that if this type of attitude was accepted then the House could be considered “in discredit “.

The Speaker of Parliament, Trevor Mallard, he called Waititi to order and asked him to sit down. But the lawmaker disobeyed and began performing a Haka in the middle of the room.

“Order. Now the deputy will leave the room “Mallard told Waititi, who withdrew accompanied by his Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

Following his deportation, Waititi said that “it is not fair that the Speaker of the House does not have the courage to stop racism in the House and it is not correct that we support it “, according to Radio New Zealand.

This isn’t the first time Waititi has faced Mallard. In February, won a battle against wearing a tie in Parliament, ending an old dress code that required male MPs to wear what he defined as a “colonial noose“.

About 850,000 of New Zealand’s 5 million people are Maori, although a large part of the population lives in poverty or suffers from financial insecurity, in addition to facing social problems.

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