Opposition boycotts Parliament over covid19 fears
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Minister of Planning and Development Camille Robinson-Regis speaks to the media during a press conference at the Parliament Meeting Room at the Red House, Abercromby Street, Port of Spain, on Friday. - Photo by Ayanna Kinsale
LEADER of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar led her MPs to boycott of Friday’s sitting of the House of Representatives over fears of covid19 following the Prime Minister’s recent positive diagnosis, and fears that MPs could become super-spreaders of the virus. However, House Leader Camille Robinson-Regis accused the Opposition of playing politics as she claimed parliamentary protocols in the pandemic meant MPs faced very little risk of infection.