PUBLISHED: 13 Aug 2024 at 05: 46
After he failed to support 16 charges related to financial regulations in a timely manner, the House Committee on Political Development, Mass Communications, and Public Participation requests explanation from Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
According to the media source, People’s Party ( PP ) list-MP Parit Wacharasindhu, in his capacity as the House committee chairman, invited Mr Srettha, his secretary-general Prommin Lertsuridej, and House of Representatives secretary-general Acting Pol Sub Lt Arphat Sukanan, to the meeting on Thursday to discuss the status of the bills.
The premier’s assistant secretary-general may be attending the meeting on his own, it was reported.
According to Mr. Parit, the primary factor to take into account is the criteria the House speaker uses to determine whether a proposed bill has a financial connection.
They even aim to examine the timeframe for decision-making, Mr Parit said.
Therefore far, 65 economic charges have been sent to the top for attention, 56 of which have already been reviewed. Out of these, 40 were approved, and 16 were no.
Eight documents from opposition parties were proposed by the citizens, including the National Arts and Culture Council Bill, the Medical Welfare Bill for regular elderly, and the War Veterans Organisation Bill, as well as eight others that were not approved.
According to Mr. Parit, it took the prime minister more than six months to evaluate various financial charges. The committee requests that the president’s representative explain the process so that they can come up with a jointly agreed solution.
The top has the authority to determine whether a expenses would be financially burdensome for the government before presenting it to parliament, according to the constitution.
What other factors does he use to reject a draft if it does n’t have a significant impact on the budget? ” Mr Parit said.
Mr. Parit even remarked that if the leading takes too long to examine bills, it might stall progress.
According to a cause, the delay in considering these bills is due to the law’s specific power to the prime minister, which states that a financing costs can only be proposed with the prime minister’s acceptance.