File photo : Senator Derekrid Janekrongtham

Members of the Senate Committee on Political Development and Public Participation have started seeking support among their fellow senators for a general debate against the government.

 

Senator Derekrid Janekrongtham, vice chairman of the committee, claims that most committee members agreed with holding a censure debate under Section 153 of the Constitution, so senators can question the government and individual ministers about their performances and government’s policies.

 

Derekrid said that there are seven major issues about which committee members would like to question the government, including the digital wallet scheme, the labour problem, state welfare management and the health of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-01-09

 

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Guess some payments for their agreement to have Thaksin back in charge at the expense of MFP must have been missed

Edited January 9, 20242 yr by BenStark

17 hours ago, webfact said:

so senators can question the government and individual ministers about their performances and government’s policies

 

17 hours ago, webfact said:

committee members would like to question the government, including the digital wallet scheme, the labour problem, state welfare management and the health of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

That will go down nicely

Censure debate, yeah right, what rubbish, never has a censure debate achieved anything!

20 hours ago, webfact said:

the health of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Instead of focusing on the efficiency and sustainability of Thailand's national healthcare system facing an aging population, declining birthrate, budget coverage issues and increasing mental health-related problems¹, the Senate wants to focus on Thaksin's health.

Do the nation a favor and dissolve yourselves to better the health of democracy in Thailand.

 

¹ The number of Thais suffering from mental health problems rose from 1.3 million in 2015 to 2.3 million in 2021, not to mention increasing suicides. June 9, 2023

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Why is it that unelected and partisan senators can question and censure an elected government?