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A New Zealand councilman has been caught with his pants down during a council meeting, amusing his colleagues and constituents by shaking his bookshelves in a suit jacket and apparently little else.
The Dunedin city council met via the online platform Zoom on Monday, and veteran councilman David Benson-Pope caused a stir when he was caught walking into his book-filled study with his bare legs carrying a feather duster.
Benson-Pope said he had not realized that he had left his camera on during the first adjournment of the meeting and did not realize that he had an audience when a light cleanup began.
“It was not intentional”, Benson-Pope He told local media, but added that he was “delighted” to have amused colleagues and viewers.
“I think it’s probably appropriate to describe him as caught with his pants down.”
Council meetings are held online in New Zealand during the coronavirus blockade.
Like many Zoom users, Benson-Pope appears to have put on an office outfit at the top and casual at the bottom, telling the Otago Daily Times that he had been working on shorts before the meeting and donned a jacket. of suit to attend.
He said it was a good reminder to verify that the camera was turned off during breaks, but he hoped the show would provide a slight moment of relief for his isolated colleagues, and any components watching him.
“There has been no other emotion,” Benson-Pope he told the Otago Daily Times.
Benson-Pope is a former Labor Cabinet Minister, who sat in parliament from 1999 to 2008 under Prime Minister Helen Clark.
