Rubber-stamp NLA will rebound on junta  
By Attayuth Bootsripoom 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Late last year, the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) swiftly passed amendment bills to two important laws, setting the stage for repercussions in 2017.

 

The two laws in question – the Computer Crime Act and the Sangha Act – might seem unrelated. One involves crimes committed with the help of computers or similar devices, and the other regulates the Thai monastic world and the currently incomplete business of appointing a new Supreme Patriarch, the highest-status monk in Thai Buddhism.

 

The manner in which the NLA passed the amendments drew much criticism, especially for the lawmakers’ seeming haste in making their deliberations.

 

The legislators quietly acceded to the introduction of the Computer Crime amendment in the first reading. They then ignored strong opposition from a large group of netizens when they voted to pass the bill in its second and third (final) readings. 

 

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-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-01-05

Whats to question its the old government sleight of hand. No we are not buying submarines a month later its a done deal. Its called 360 degree politics. You only get what you vote for ooops this bunch came in by force not the ballot box. Sorry. 

Why don't they stop pretending there is a government, and lay off all of these people to save money.  It may as well be only the General and his advisors.  No one is being fooled.