“Members alone are 400-plus and we have our own staff.”
ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina has called for a limit on the number of people allowed to enter the parliamentary precinct to try to limit potential exposure to coronavirus.MPs have called for a limit on the number of visitors to parliament's precinct as one of the measures to fight the spread of coronavirus.
“With the spread of coronavirus we are more worried that there is no lock down in terms of restrictions of people coming to parliament. We are firmly proposing that let's lower visitors to parliament. She said the matter – and the impact of load-shedding on parliament – were discussed at the chief whips' forum on Wednesday, and were viewed as critical.“I want to appeal that we take this matter seriously ... tomorrow, there's a joint sitting of 400-plus MPs in one room and once you are in that room, there is load-shedding like yesterday.”Majodina said it would be important for parliament to plan its meetings around the load-shedding schedule.
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