Video link needed for lawmakers: TPPCONTINUED RISK: Taiwan People’s Party Legislator Ann Kao said that without a videoconferencing system, legislators in quarantine cannot review budgets or voteBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterTaiwan People’s Party (TPP) legislators yesterday called on the Legislative Yuan to launch a videoconference system for legislators in isolation or quarantine, and urged the government to purchase more oral antiviral drugs for treating COVID-19. New Power Party Legislator Chiu Hsien-chih, left, and Taiwan People’s Party Legislator Ann Kao hold a joint news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNAFive TPP legislators might have been placed in isolation, she said, adding that the TPP was to hold its year-end banquet at the Grand Hotel Taipei (圓山飯店) on the day after the chef tested positive for COVID-19. Without a videoconferencing system, legislators who are placed in isolation cannot review the government budgets or vote, Kao said. Separately yesterday, TPP legislators Chiu Chen-yuan (邱臣遠) and Tsai Pi-ru (蔡壁如) held a news conference urging the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) to work closely with local governments on announcing to the public as soon as possible disease prevention guidelines for the Lunar New Year holiday.

Source: Taipei Times January 26, 2022 16:38 UTC