(ANSA) - Rome, March 30 - The Lower House Speaker's office on
Thursday suspended 42 MPs from the anti-establishment 5-Star
Movement (M5S) for disrupting the work of parliament.
The office suspended 36 lawmakers who last week tried to
break into the office in protest at a vote on 'vitalizi'
parliamentary pensions for 15 days.
It described the incident as "unprecedented and extremely
serious, constituting a serious attack... on the functioning of
the institutions".
Suspensions of 10-12 days were handed to 29 for protests on
the floor of the House that led to the halting of a
question-time session and a related live TV broadcast.
Some lawmakers got two suspensions.
M5S MPs suspended for Lower House mayhem
Group tried to break into Speaker's office