webfact Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Opposition parties vow to scrutinise Prayut government By The Nation File photo Thailand's seven opposition parties are preparing to welcome and scrutinise former junta leader Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's government. Led by Pheu Thai and Future Forward parties, they convened on Wednesday for more than three hours and said later they would work inside and outside parliament to keep the government in check. They said they would propose motions to debate the PM’s and MPs’ qualification and the recruitment of the Senate as well as government policies. Other items included amendments of the Constitution, they added. While scrutinising parliament was their major focus, the group also placed importance on campaigning for a better understanding of legislation by the public. “The seven parties would bring hope to the people as a strong opposition that will scrutinise the government,” said Future Forward Party’s secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul. “Now, General Prayut Chan-o-cha will actually run the country with a real opposition. So, he can learn how to be a government under democratic rule.” An opposition whip will be appointed to coordinate the work in addition to a working committee comprising of members from the seven parties. Pheu Thai's secretary general said that the small parties will have one member each in the whip. Parties with over five MPs will get two seats while the large parties will get 10, he said. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30371026 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-06-13 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsonandson Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 14 minutes ago, webfact said: “Now, General Prayut Chan-o-cha will actually run the country with a real opposition. So, he can learn how to be a government under democratic rule.” For the first five years, the Senate is empowered to jointly deliberate with the House of Representatives on any bills deemed to be related to national reform. And the Senate has the power to veto, at joint meetings of the two Houses, any bill on amnesty. So where is the opposition and democratic rule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince77 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Trust they will be pain in the ar...e of the government which is part of their job and due to very thin Skin of some guys there, we may see some un-democratic moves... and then People will take it to the roads (again). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Please start with how Prawit got those watches. There are sufficient matters that will keep the anti junta bloc busy in Parliament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 1 hour ago, webfact said: Opposition parties vow to scrutinise Prayut government Just don't do it through the medium of song. It's not illegal, but for someone reason the police will visit you and make you publicly apologise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eligius Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 57 minutes ago, Eric Loh said: Please start with how Prawit got those watches. There are sufficient matters that will keep the anti junta bloc busy in Parliament. Eric, you are so right. Of course I agree with you 100%. But the junta - oh, sorry, the 'government' and their lackeys - will declare that anything truly negative and which they don't want to hear about is 'confusing to the public', 'unparliamentary' and 'irrelevant' and 'out of order'. They will make up the rules/ interpretation of the rules as they go along. So, regrettably: no debate on Prawit's marvellous and miraculously extensive watch collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 35 minutes ago, Matzzon said: They do know that means they promise to do that? On the other hand, there is nothing to scrutinise there. Everything is above board as usual. Luckily, as Napoleon, oop's the newly appointed PM and party leader doesn't believe in, accept, or is able to accept any scrutiny from the trog's - so everything should work out well for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigand Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Quote Opposition parties vow to scrutinise Prayut government Great idea but futile as it doesn't matter what anyone thinks here other than the "Dear Leader" ... pfft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Guessing the opposition will be scrutinized by investigations coming from the country's strict LM laws. Interesting how the entire Thai military follows one village idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 16 hours ago, webfact said: Opposition parties vow to scrutinise Prayut government Yeah right! Go for the jugular vein! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Prawit may be calling it a day soon - unusually rich enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Gee Whiz they've suddenly found out what the role of an opposition is! They were oblivious to it and any other scrutiny when in power themselves of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chama Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 They can scrutinize all they want, if they don't have the Thai people behind them and motivated to take action their will be nothing they can accomplish even if they uncover discrepancies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Gun trumps whip but wish them well ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 3:18 AM, webfact said: “Now, General Prayut Chan-o-cha will actually run the country with a real opposition. So, he can learn how to be a government under democratic rule.” "Learn how" ......... As the old adage goes, pretty hard to teach an old dog new tricks. And this old dog is a one man show, accustomed to ruling with a "44". He is not a team player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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