Moments ago, Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir told the House that any member who wants to join a sitting online has to seek his permission to do so.
He said the only member who followed that procedure for today’s sitting is Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira.
It has been reported that Leader of the Opposition, Azruddin Mohamed was blocked from joining today’s sitting from Lusignan prison where he remains on remand for a bailable cyber crime offense.
Sections of the media had it that prison officials blocked the politician’s virtual attendance.
His sister Hannah Mohamed later clarified he communicated to her that prison officials were set to allow his to join virtually as hos clothes was accepted from his family. Mohamed’s conclusion was that his attendance was blocked by government.
