NLA to deliberate 2017 fiscal budget law on September 8-9

Kitti Cheevasittiyanon

 

 

BANGKOK, 4 September 2016 (NNT) - Members of the legislature are scheduled to attend more sittings in the coming week to consider the draft law on the next fiscal year’s budget. 

NLA President Pornpetch Wichitcholchai has issued an order calling for a sitting of all members on September 8, to consider the draft 2017 fiscal budget law, which involves an amount of 2.73 trillion baht and has already been vetted by the responsible special committee. 

Members of the legislature are also invited to attend another sitting on September 9 to continue deliberations on the impeachment of former Defence Minister ACM Sukumpol Suwanatat, who has been charged with interfering in the ministry’s internal transfer of a high-ranking official in 2012. 

On Friday, the NLA will question both the National Anti-Corruption Commission, which filed the charge against ACM Sukumpol, and the accused himself will answer any questions raised by the NLA committee.

 

 

-- nnt 2016-09-03

September 8th. The Annual NLA Rubber Stamp day. They manage 3 readings of a 2.7 trillion baht budget in a single day, without a single amendment. They must all have carpal tunnel syndrome by the end of the day...

Edited September 3, 20169 yr by brucec64

In 2015, the budget for preserving the honour of something that—for 112 reasons—cannot legally be dishonoured exceeded the budget allocated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, and five other ministries.

 

47,310,290 baht or US$1,468,038 per day

 

I wonder how much that'll increase this year, now that the dreaded change has all but occurred.