Tense scenes unfolded in the Bahamas House of Parliament.<br /><br />Opposition MP Shanendon Cartwright threw the ceremonial mace out of a window.<br /><br />Cartwright’s action came after the speaker of the house refused to let him speak<br /><br />during a heated debate about a police corruption scandal.<br /><br />Throwing the mace out the window has historic significance in Bahamian political history.<br /><br />In 1965, the leader of the opposition performed the same action in a push for electoral change, <br /><br />in an event known in the Bahamas as ‘Black Tuesday’.<br />
