PUBLISHED: 4 Jan 2025 at 05: 54
Thin Muhamad Noor Matha, the president of the parliament, has pledged to use the government whip to stimulate Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to respond to the mounting demands to speak with her in person in parliament.
He was responding to calls made by some criticism MPs who now expect the PM to listen to their cries after she did not respond immediately last year.
Mr. Wan made the promise at Friday’s political meeting that the opposition would relay this information to Ms. Paetongtarn about her not showing up in person to answer questions directed at her to the government whip.
The state is tasked with responding to these inquiries in parliament, according to Mr. Wan, while the opposition has a responsibility to do so.
” To keep ignoring these questions could do more harm than good to the state”, he said.
He claimed that during his time in a previous state, interpellations were a chance to speak directly to the public about opposition charges.
While the government really determines whether what the state says is convincing, he said, the criticism may or may not agree with the response.
” Don’t be scared to answer an representation. Really try to answer it to the best of your ability”, he said.
After all, as Mr. Wan said, the opposition should not attempt to persuade the prime minister to respond to every question, particularly when it directly concerns specific cabinet ministers, who may have first-hand knowledge and might be able to provide a better response.
In the end, he claimed, the PM could take more than it should to assign the ministers to answer these inquiries on her behalf, which would mean that the questions would be answered very carefully and would be a waste of time.
Recently, opposition leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut had vowed to carefully scrutinise the position of Pheu Thai’s reported de facto leader, Thaksin Shinawatra, in the state as issues continue to support over whether Ms Paetongtarn is the region’s real prime minister.