DHAKA, April 8, 2023 (BSS) – Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has criticised the expulsion of two black minority US state lawmakers, sparing a white one, in Tennessee over their gun control protests, questioning the fairness of democracy in the United States.
“US State legislature votes to expel two minority lawmakers, while keeping a third who was white. This is the state of democracy in the US,” Joy said overnight in his verified Facebook status.
He also added: “The US State Department are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites”.
Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to expel Justin Jones and fellow lawmaker Justin Pearson, who are both Black, for speaking out of turn during a gun control protest in the House chamber the week prior.
Republican Gloria Johnson, a white lawmaker too participated in the demonstration, faced an expulsion vote that ultimately failed.
Jones later vowed he would seek re-election for his Nashville seat, calling his removal an attack on democracy.
Republicans voted to expel Jones and his fellow Democratic colleague Pearson for leading a gun control protest on 30 March.
