PUBLISHED: 11 Dec 2024 at 04: 00
Prayuth Siripanich, a list-member of the Pheu Thai Party, has come under fire for his plan to update the Defence Ministry Administration Act to lessen the government’s authority to carry out coupsd’etats.
Mr Prayuth’s act is one of three– the other two were proposed before by the Women’s Party and past defence secretary Sutin Klungsaeng. The consumer can then vote on the proposed bill on the parliament website until January 1st.
Mr. Prayuth is regarded as a sincere and steadfast legislator who always pushes his plans ahead.
However, this proposal could raise tensions between Pheu Thai and the military, as well as among coalition events or even group members.
On Oct 18, 2013, when Yingluck Shinawatra was prime minister, Mr Prayuth, as deputy chairman of the House committee on reviewing the asylum bill, proposed amending Content 3 to grant asylum to people involved in political groups, problems or those accused of wrongdoing by organizations established after the revolt from Sept 19, 2006, to Aug 8, 2013, regardless of whether they acted as perpetrators, supporters or leaders.
Political opponents opposed the proposed type, saying it was meant to benefit former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who had been living in self-imposed exile since 2008.
The parole bill at the time heightened tensions, causing widespread unrest among different groups and causing people to take to the streets. In 2013, Yingluck after announced the dissolution of parliament.
This incident served as a motivator for the social unrest that led to Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha’s 2014 military coup.
Mr. Prayuth has spent a long time in Thai elections. Born on Sept 30, 1945, in Maha Sarakham, he gained a bachelor’s degree in law from Ramkhamhaeng University.
Since 1979, he has been an MP for Maha Sarakham for eight term. Prior to the death of Montri Pongpanich, he served as the Social Action Party’s secretary-general.
He even held supervisory positions in many governments.
In 2010, Mr. Prayuth was chosen as Pheu Thai’s assistant leader. He and several other members of the executive council resigned in April 2011.
During the Yingluck state, he was made an assistant to assistant leading Plodprasop Suraswadi.