Parliament, Aug. 4 – The Speaker of the National Assembly ordered the meeting closed after "going far" made a review of the resolution prohibiting the nomination of "Pitha" repeatedly, repeating that it could not be reviewed. before arguing for hours Finally, break the hard stick, close the meeting, end the problem.
The reporter reported that The joint meeting of the National Assembly today (August 4) was attended by Mr. Wan Muhammad Nor Matha, Speaker of the House of Representatives. as the Speaker of the National Assembly presiding over the meeting with an agenda to consider the draft Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand Amendment (No. …) B.E. …. Abolished Section 272, which Mr. Chaitawat Tulathon, MP for the Kao Klai Party with the committee as a proposal, whereby section 272 of the constitution to turn off the switch of the Senator from taking part in the election of the Prime Minister but at 9:30 a.m., which is the time of the meeting There were still only 275 parliamentarians signing up for the meeting, consisting of 241 MPs and 34 senators, making it impossible to open the meeting on time.
Mr. Rangsiman Rome, member of the Kao Klai Party list, proposed to the meeting that Today the traffic is quite jammed. because there is a container blocking it causing many members of parliament to arrive late And now there are efforts of some people who want to overthrow the quorum. therefore asked the chairman to wait for the members a moment before And in the meantime, give the opportunity to fellow members to discuss the problems of the people's suffering. to lead to correction
Then the MPs took a long step, alternately standing up and discussing. In most cases, it was an inconvenient commute to the parliamentary meeting. Mr. Wan Muhammad Noor said he understood the problems of both members and the public. But those who perform security duties have a necessity to perform their duties.
Until 10:00 a.m., there were still no quorum members present at the meeting. Causing Mr. Wiroj Lakkhana Adisorn, the list of MPs of the Kao Klai Party to get up to discuss ironically, the senators said that just a moment ago, before entering the meeting room, they saw many senators standing in front of the room. Not sure if you don't have a pen to sign? So I have to say honestly that I'm waiting for Senator before turning to look at the screen showing the number of members and saying "How many of you come? Wow! 49 people” Finally, the meeting opened at 10:38 a.m.
Mr. Rangsiman An urgent verbal motion was proposed to review the parliamentary resolution of 19 July. If the parliament passes a resolution to use Article 151 of the National Assembly's Article 41, the interpretation of Article 41 prohibits the nomination of Mr. Phitha. Lim Chareonrat far-reaching party leader Repeatedly voted for Prime Minister for the second time. with the full name of the certifier But the Speaker of the House of Representatives said it could not be proposed. as the matter is under consideration by the Constitutional Court If it goes ahead, it will be stuck with the power of the Constitutional Court. because the decision of the Constitutional Court is binding on all organizations Therefore, please wait for the court's decision first. and asked to postpone the agenda for the draft amendment of the Constitution, Section 272, to turn off the switch of Senators included in the agenda
while Mr. Rangsiman and MPs of the far-reaching party Trying to protest, insisting that the council has the power to vote. In addition, party members endorsed But the president insisted that this was the choice of the Prime Minister. If it continues, damage will occur. In order not to cause conflict and grace with the people elected as Prime Minister therefore wants the members to wait for the court first So that there will be no practical problems and conflicts in the country.
Dr. Chonnan Srikaew, leader of the Pheu Thai Party, said that the motion proposed by the Kao Klai Party was correct and asked the chairman to proceed in accordance with the rules of the meeting.
Mr. Somchai Sawangwan, Senator, proposed to wait for the decision of the Constitutional Court first. But Mr. Rangsiman tried to argue that the proposed motion was in accordance with the correct regulations until a debate by Senators supported the opposition of the Speaker of the National Assembly. Mr. Somchai disagreed with Mr. Rangsiman's motion. Therefore proposed a motion to disagree with Mr. Rangsiman's motion, with all senators certified as well.
Mr. Seree Suwanpanon, senator, clarified that The parliamentary resolution on 19 July did not allow Mr. Pita to be nominated twice. It is an implementation of Article 272 of the Constitution, not just an implementation of the regulations. because according to the second paragraph of the constitution Clearly specifying the process of voting for the prime minister that can be re-nominated when using a two-thirds vote of the National Assembly, except for the requirement to nominate an outside prime minister. then can nominate a person who has passed the motion Come back and vote for the prime minister according to this condition. This is in line with Article 41, which states that the Speaker of the National Assembly can decide to resubmit when events change, so this case will change when the conditions for nominating an outside Prime Minister are met.
While Mr. Praphan Koonmee, senator, disagreed with Mr. Rangsiman's motion. that overruled that had already been resolved because there is no regulation to do so no reason to review affirms that the President's decision, which is deemed incapable of being reviewed, is valid. because the member's vote is a repetitive motion nothing has changed The motion proposed for review therefore disapproved. Causing Mr. Rangsiman to insist that the meeting proceed with reviewing the motion to vote for the Prime Minister. Finally, the President of the National Assembly asked to postpone today's meeting. and closed the meeting immediately at 11:27 a.m. – Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency