A lawmaker from Canada igniteda buzz after appearing naked on a House of Commons Zoom conference meeting andhas apologized to his fellow workers.
A liberal MP, WilliamAmos was covering his nether regions on a mobile phone while in a state ofnature among the flags of Quebec and Canada when his camera accidentally wasturned on in the middle of the session.
Later apologizing tohis colleagues the MP said in a tweet, “I made a really unfortunate mistaketoday and obviously I’m embarrassed by it. My camera was accidentally left on as Ichanged into work clothes after going for a jog. I sincerely apologize to allmy colleagues in the house. It was an honest mistake and it won’t happen again”.
Under the ‘Rules ofOrder and Decorum’ section there is no dress code mentioned to wear while in adebate but for the male speakers a ‘contemporary business attire’ is required. The46-year-old MP has made a sincere apology that it was purely an accident and willdefinitely not happen again.
The Quebec MP’s mishapwas only visible to the internal House of Commons feed and the Canadian publicwas totally unaware initially that one of their MP had turned up in this form.
Prime Minister JustinTrudeau who is leading Amos’s Liberal party has not made any comment related tothe incident. Whereas, the opposition party member Claude DeBellefeuille talkedabout the incident in French, as per the Canadian Press, “it may be necessaryto remind the members especially the male ones that a tie and jacket areobligatory but so are a shirt, boxer shorts or pants”.