MFP candidate Nateepat resigns

MFP candidate Nateepat resigns
Nateepat: Caught drink-driving
Nateepat: Caught drink-driving

Move Forward Party list MP-elect Nateepat Kulsetasit has resigned as an MP candidate of the party after police arrested her for drink-driving early yesterday morning.

Ms Nateepat told reporters she apologised to the public because she had disappointed people and would no longer be able to vote for the same-sex marriage legislation she had been pushing for.

She said she met some friends around 11pm on Monday and had three or four drinks. She denied resisting a police request to take a breathalyser.

Ms Nateepat, 46, was stopped at a checkpoint on Prasert Manukit Road in Lat Phrao district of Bangkok. A breath test showed she was over the legal limit.

Move Forward unofficially won 152 House seats including 39 list seats in Sunday’s election.