Why I stopped presentation of petition during plenary – Deputy Speaker Mr Wase says his decision to stop a member from presenting a petition during plenary was strictly based on parliamentary procedures. 3 min read The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, said his decision to prevent a member of the House, Mark Gbilah, from laying a petition last Thursday “was strictly based on rules of parliamentary procedures”. The deputy speaker disclosed this in a statement by his media aide, Umar Puma, on Monday. Mr Wase was reacting to a trending video, showing him preventing Mr Gbilah from laying a petition while he (Wase) was presiding during plenary session.