NLA to deliberate draft laws on Feb 11-12

Kitti Cheevasittiyanon

BANGKOK, 7 February 2016 – Members of the legislature are scheduled to deliberate draft laws on February 11 and 12.

President of the National Legislative Assembly Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, has issued an order calling on all members to attend sittings on Thursday and Friday.

The first item that the NLA is scheduled to deliberate is the draft Silpakorn University Act, before members of the legislature move on to review the details of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank agreement prior to approval, as well as the draft law to authorize the government’s work related to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

In addition, the NLA will be deliberating the draft nuclear energy law, which the Cabinet has proposed, and the draft law on health-related establishments, which the respective special committee has already vetted.

Another draft law which will be brought forward for deliberation at the upcoming sittings is the draft NLA meeting regulations which was postponed at last week’s session.

-- NNT 2016-01-07

That last paragraph reminded me of an announcement that appeared each week in our school newspaper:

"The meeting of the Procrastinators Club has been postponed until next week."

How does a junta-rubberstamp legislative assembly "deliberate" on any proposed law?

There has not been that I can find any draft bills brought to the Prayut-appointed parliament by the cabinet that has been defeated or passed by a narrow margin. Typically bills are passed unopposed with a couple abstentions.

An undemocratic legislature passing laws before an elected government comes to power with a different agenda and a draft constitution to prevent such elected government from amending or removing Prayut's NLA laws.

Pure formula for continued political conflict.

I guess the NLA members deliberate based on input from the relevant special commissions. At least that's what you would normally see in a parliament.

Show me legislations passed under this current regime that by international comparison are punitive to the general population.

I guess the NLA members deliberate based on input from the relevant special commissions. At least that's what you would normally see in a parliament.

Right.... How many people consider the NLA a normal parliament?

Show me legislations passed under this current regime that by international comparison are punitive to the general population.

the law on (against) public assembly comes to mind immediately...

the last junta gave us the 2007 computer crime act which has been a draconian addition to the LM law and the defamation law.

and keep in mind that article 44 is a law unto itself allowing the self-appointed "PM" to bypass the NLA altogether.