Parly aborts virtual hearings

CONFUSION marred Parliament’s virtual public hearings yesterday to discuss the Electoral Amendment Bill after some participants began posting pornographic material during the Zoom meeting, while others muted and unmuted their speakers disturbing the flow of the meeting.

The virtual public hearings by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs began on Monday.

Parliament authorities were forced to abort the virtual meeting after some participants unmuted their speakers and began discussing sexual issues to disrupt the meeting.

This story is for NewsDay subscribers.