Parliament staffers should be vaccinated now to make Parliament the first sector to achieve herd immunity in the effort to ensure that Parliament is able to reconvene when the Emergency is ended on 01.08.2021.
Hamzah’s statement will only reaffirm that the PN Government has no political will to reconvene Parliament at anytime soon.
The excuse of “sparking more infection clusters” has no merit.
All the MPs, Ministries’ personnel and Parliament Staff were having Covid-19 test every other two weeks and as far as we were informed, not a single covid-19 positive case was detected. None of those in the above-stated categories had been vaccinated then.
The 4 months sitting went on with strict compliance of SOPs. Social distancing, no outside visitors, limiting the number of Ministries’ staff in parliament were amongst the SOPs that had proven to be successful. Parliamentary Select Committees proceedings also went on smoothly and effectively with the attendance of witnesses and staff being limited.
The nation is in dire need for the Parliament to reconvene, for the Parliamentarians for both sides to sit together and join force in saving the nation from the pandemic.
We are less than 2 months before the Emergency ends. The period for the preparation of 1st dose until the completion of 2nd Dose of vaccination will take approximately 5 to 6 weeks. The Government should start the process now if they are sincere and has the political will to reconvene Parliament.
Is Hamzah trying to tell us now that Emergency is going to be extended and Parliament will continue to be shut from the Lawmakers?
WONG KAH WOH
MP for Ipoh Timor
DAP Central Executive Committee Member
