From MK comes to Knesset days after birth due to opposition’s refusal to offset vote
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Yamina MK Shirly Pinto brings her new baby to the Knesset on December 15, 2021 (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)
Yamina MK Shirly Pinto arrives at the Knesset to vote six days after she gave birth to her second child.
Pinto says that she was forced to come to the Knesset since the opposition refused to agree to offset her absence by asking an opposition MK to refrain from voting, a longtime practice when members are forced to be absent for personal reasons.
Pinto, the first-ever deaf MK, brought her newborn daughter, Kerem, with her to the Knesset.
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