MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for Trelawny Southern, the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, ripped into the MP for St James Southern, the People’s National Party’s Nekiesha Burchell, accusing her of being disrespectful to House Speaker Juliet Holness, and of being part of a “new breed” of disruptive parliamentarians.

Dalrymple-Philibert, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, levelled the accusations on Tuesday during another heated sitting of the House where there was the now familiar stand-off between Holness and some Opposition MPs.

Tuesday’s incident unfolded when Holness refused to accommodate a question from Leader of Opposition Business in the House Phillip Paulwell. The MP for East Kingston and Port Royal later said he wanted to ask why the annual report of the Integrity Commission was not tabled. He repeatedly ignored the speaker’s instructions to take his seat and Opposition MPs, in support of Paulwell, resorted to desk-banging and chants of “We must be heard”, which disrupted the proceedings for an extended period.