bipartisan committee

The committee comprises a who’s who list of prominent former civil servants, medical professionals and politicians.

Chandra Muzaffar says recent experience shows that such a proposal would not be feasible due to the existence of politicians obsessed with power.

They say their first recommendation will be to revoke the emergency.

He says three names have been given to the authorities, after initial threats to boycott the committee.

Chandra Muzaffar says the announcement of a bipartisan committee to oversee the virus emergency deserves a more mature response.