A Turkish parliamentary committee has again erupted in chaos over a contentious ruling party proposal to strip legislators of their immunity from prosecution.
Legislators in Ankara on Monday hurled bottled water at each other across the committee room, while others engaged in a fist fight, forcing the committee head to halt proceedings.
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The committee is discussing a proposed constitutional amendment that could pave the way for the trial of several pro-Kurdish legislators on terror-related charges.
The proposal was put together after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the party of being an arm of the outlawed Kurdish rebels.
The move comes amid a surge of violence in Turkey‘s southeast after a fragile peace process with the rebels collapsed.
A fist fight also broke out during last Thursday’s committee meeting in which five legislators were injured.
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