Coronavirus: The DA has also criticised the government’s plan to fly back South Africans who have been living in Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the virus. It said the decision should have been discussed by all parties in Parliament.
“Speaker, Parliament needs to assert itself as the main legislative arm of the state. We need to understand the role bestowed to us by the Constitution and take it seriously. In the midst of an epidemic that has been declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organisation , plans to deal with this matter should be tabled in this House for scrutiny, discussion and adoption,” she said.
“It is important when the president convenes an inter-ministerial task team that decides to repatriate over 150 South Africans from Wuhan, China, the decision is tabled, scrutinized and adopted by Parliament. It does not bode well for the function of this House - which is enshrined in the Constitution – that issues of national significance are discussed in the press before the oversight arm of the state has had an opportunity to engage these plans.
On Wednesday, Mkhize appeared before Parliament’s health committee and outlined the government’s readiness to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. The minister told MPs that the department had ensured that all ports of entry had screening machines and thermal screening gadgets and they had ensured that immigration officers were equipped with masks.
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