PUBLISHED: September 6, 2023, at 17:14
According to the Pheu Thai Party’s whip, parties at odds over who will lead several House boards have been invited to a conference this week to settle their differences.
According to Wisut Chainarun, a Pheu Thai list-MP and party punch member, several parties are vying for the best seats on six panels of the 35 House committees.
In order to find some common ground, the meeting will take up parties interested in the same positions.
In particular, the Move Forward Party insists that it must preside over 11 House commissions. The MFP was given a limit to seat 11 committees because it was the largest celebration with 151 Members. & nbsp,
The party’s membership fell to 150 after one of its district Members resigned as a result of revelations about his criminal history, necessitating an election by by-election in Rayong on September 10. The MFP limit is now 10 as a result of this.
However, the group insists it still be entitled to the 11 commission chair and is still certain it will keep the Rayong chair. & nbsp,
The conference will proceed this week before the by-election, according to Mr. Wisut.
He claimed that in order to keep the government in check, the MFP, which has vowed to be a” strategic” opposition party, is refusing to intervene on the limit problem.
Six House committees— law, justice, and human rights, power distribution and local and special administrations, labor, counter-corruption, transportation, budget accountability — are the focus of the MFP’s tug-of-war.
The best position on the rules committee is the subject of a conflict between the MFP and the Prachachat Party. Additionally, it is squabbling with Pheu Thai over the counter-corruption, travel, and budget accountability commissions while wrangling with the Bhumjaithai Party regarding the power supply and labor commissions.
According to Mr. Wisut, the MFP has made it abundantly clear that commission chairs are crucial to keeping an eye on the president’s performance.
He claimed that he made an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the party that committee members, who are also authorized to call people to witness and review documents, were just as successful at completing the task. I believe a bargain is necessary, he declared.
According to Mr. Wisut, contrary to what some critics have claimed, the Pheu Thai Party was not attempting to avoid examination. Once the House committees are in session, he continued,” We’re not afraid to expose ourselves to being watched.” & nbsp,
Pheu Thai and the Democrat Party, according to Mr. Wisut, were both interested in the position of head for a specific House council, which he stopped short of naming. However, the Democrats after gave in and chose a different committee, he continued.