Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020
COVID-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) saw a new norm in the Dewan Rakyat when three Members of Parliament, who are undergoing home quarantine, turned up fully clad in personal protective equipment (PPE) to participate in the voting process.
The three are Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba (BN-Tenggara), Datuk Seri M. Saravanan (BN-Tapah) and P. Prabakaran (PH-Batu), who were seen seated on the highest floor of the House, away from the other MPs.
Dr Adham is Health Minister while Saravanan is Human Resources Minister. Prabakaran is the country’s youngest MP.
They were clad in full white aprons, along with a blue shower cap and a visor.
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12:21 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR: The decision to allow MPs currently observing home quarantine orders to be present in Parliament for the voting process was a new SOP set by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, said Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun (
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“I did not change the SOPs. I was just following SOPs by the Health Ministry and Dr Noor Hisham, ” said Azhar in Parliament on Monday (Dec 14).
He was responding to Kelvin Yii (PH-Bandar Kuching), who asked Azhar to state the rationale behind allowing MPs exposed to Covid-19 to attend Parliament to cast their vote on the allocations of various ministries under Budget 2021.
2:02 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR: Covid-19 forced Parliament to adopt a new norm, after three MPs currently undergoing home quarantine turned up in Parliament fully clad in personal protective equipment (PPE) to participate in the voting process.
The three MPs - Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba (BN-Tenggara), Datuk Seri M. Saravanan (BN-Tapah) and P. Prabakaran (PH-Batu) - were seen clad in full white aprons, along with blue shower caps and visors.
The three were seated at the highest floor of the House, away from all other MPs.
Pictures of the three MPs clad in full PPEs were shared by Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong on Facebook on Monday (Dec 14).