Thaksin urges government supporters to continue working.
PUBLISHED: 8 Apr 2025 at 05: 58
According to sources close to the problem, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has warned members of the ruling coalition to help the casino-entertainment difficult costs because they will be deliberated in legislature on Wednesday or face eviction from the state.
According to the sources, Thaksin allegedly instructed the Pheu Thai-led partnership to support the bill during its opening studying tomorrow in the House. They claimed that those who join the alliance will get fired.
The majority of the events in the coalition, including the Bhumjaithai and the United Thai Nation events, have pledged to support the act, despite the fact that the Prachachat Party, which has nine House MPs under its wing, has recently voiced its opposition to it.
Pol Col Tawee Sodsong, who is somewhat the only Buddhist member of the party’s parliamentarians, leads the party. The majority of its MPs in the House are Muslims from the strong South’s predominately Muslim border provinces, who oppose the government’s plan to legalize gambling on religious grounds.
According to the resources, Pol Col Tawee did not attend the cabinet meeting that was scheduled to support the casino-entertainment complicated bill on March 27. They pointed out that he always brought up the subject for discussion with another group MPs.
Sugarno Matha, a Yala MP from Prachachat, reported on Twitter on Saturday that Pol Col Tawee had written to the commission’s secretary-general on January 13 to show his concerns about the potential bad effects of game legalization, including a rise in corruption among condition officials.
Before urging the government to conduct further studies on the subject before proceeding, Mr. Sugarno questioned whether the financial benefits from the legalization of game complexes would be for the adverse impact on the country’s youth.
According to Mr. Sugarno, Pol Col Tawee had pointed out that gambling is also a sin of other religions, including Buddhism.
The Justice Ministry says the bill should take into account religious and cultural prohibitions when selecting locations to build such complexes, he said.
Sorawong Thienthong, the minister of sports and tourism and Pheu Thai secretary-general, acknowledged on Monday that the Prachachat Party has concerns about the casino-entertainment complex bill.
” It is normal because the majority of the party members are Muslims and the party’s support is concentrated in the three southern border provinces.” We can explain and come to an agreement with them, according to Mr. Sorawong.
He denied that Thaksin had threatened to oust coalition parties that don’t support the bill. These assertions are false, but we have no control over what people believe.
Despite the lack of a thorough analysis to back up its claim, the government is being harshly criticized for trying to speed up the debate over the entertainment-casino complex bill in parliament.
Doctors, academics, and schools are voicing opposition to the bill as it is being debated by the House on Wednesday.
The People’s Unity Group leader, Jatuporn Prompan, also urged the general public to support the bill’s protest against the first reading tomorrow.