Thai Democrat Party Seek Hearing Into Sexual Harassment In House

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Dems seek hearing into 'sexual harassment' in House

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Democrat Party yesterday petitioned for a hearing into alleged misconduct by Pheu Thai MP Prasit Chaisrisa.

Prasit came under fire during the censure debate after he said from the House floor that he dreamt of having slept with Democrat MP Rangsima Rodrasamee.

Democrat MP Pusadee Tamthai said she suspected Prasit had violated the House code of ethics, particularly the provision on sexual harassment.

"Prasit was very rude to women and should be held accountable for his remarks, which were made despite the fact that he is led by a female prime minister," Pusadee said.

Pusadee and two other Democrat MPs would petition the Office of the Ombudsman to launch a separate hearing on Prasit's remarks, she said.

If Prasit was found to have violated the code of ethics, the next move would be to initiate impeachment proceedings, she added.

House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont said he would instruct the House committee on ethics to rule on the incident in a speedy manner.

In a counter move, Pheu Thai MP Sunisa Lertpakawat called for a review of Pusadee's remarks.

Pusadee had inappropriately reacted to Prasit's comments by reminding the Pheu Thai MP what would happen if someone spoke of dreaming about sleeping with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Sunisa said.

Surin youth leader Surachai Supanimit said Prasit should issue an apology to Rangsima and the public for being a bad role model.

Speaking in his defence, Prasit said it was not his intent to sexually harass Rangsima.

He said that in his speech, he had made it clear he was referring to an imaginary situation.

He said he had already agreed to have his remarks deleted from the House meeting records in the face of protests from the opposition bench.

-- The Nation 2012-11- 29

[AleG]

He said he had already agreed to have his remarks deleted from the House meeting records in the face of protests from the opposition bench.

Nice gesture, really upstanding, he has agreed to remove from the record his offense.

It ranks up there with self immolation as an act of contrition, doesn't it?

[saltandpepper]

Always very classy those PTP muppets!

I take it that this guy is absolutely handsome, and that girls are lining up to have a chance to be the next one!

[Ferangled]

Of all the pressing issues that Thailand faces...

All the lewd comments made about the PM of Thailand and now mock horror at this truly despicable act of sexual harassment. Does anyone else remember the four seasons "scandal" and how this was handled by members of the opposition and press?

Truly playground stuff here on here both sides.

[Barabbas]

Checked it out in MCOT web-site - in fact the petition was on grounds of "using inappropriate language addressing a female MP", no sexual harassment was mentioned. I begin to doubt if the information spread by The Nation is being twisted on purpose.

Edited November 29, 2012 by Barabbas

[khunken]

Well, if Yingluck had any backbone she would discipline the idiot. End of a minor incident.

[whybother]

Well, if Yingluck had any backbone she would discipline the idiot. End of a minor incident.

Especially given how vocal she is about women's rights.

[Barabbas]

Further googling through Thai language media shows that Prasit C. has a history of incidents arising from his foul mouth and bad temper.

A nice example would be when he called Democrat MP Boonyod, who was expressing his discontent with PM and ministers being absent during hearings on Constitution amendments, a poofter.

More or less what he said was "I don't know what Mrs. Boonyod is being unhappy about... If your bender traits get the better of you, let it happen outside of parliament"

prooflink here: http://hilight.kapook.com/view/70239

[Rich teacher]

Prasit must have been having a nightmare. Rangsima looks like a pug. She should've knicked his chair.

Edited November 29, 2012 by Rich teacher

[Barabbas]

It keeps getting better. Just checked Youtube for recording of this hot parliamentary debate and here's the bottomline. This nightmare/dream reference wasn't started by Prasit, instead Rungsima was bragging about her having dreams, one of which was "After 3 days of meetings I saw a dream - sacred beings whispered in my ear: "Chuan Leekphai (former Prachatipat leader) says you don't have to worry about anything. You have faithfully served your country and its people. And the audit should be done at Dept. of water resources." I woke up and thought - is it a dream or reality?"

Enter Prasit: "Parliamentary debates should be about discussing real facts, not dreams, Mizzuz. <...> What's this with discussing dreams in Parliament, besides, Chuan is still alive - what sort of premonition is that?"

<...> Rangsima keeps bragging about government spendings on water supply budget etc.

Prasit comes back: "How can a non-confidence vote can be proposed based on dreams? Suppose, I had a dream, that I spent a night with Khun Rungsima, just suppose..." General commotion, shouts...

Nation keeps serving facts freshly cooked... or souped up

Check it out, if you like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvJvhnq8mXY

Edited November 29, 2012 by Barabbas