Parliament 27 Feb. – Opposition parties receive not enough information – Budget 67 has not yet been used, may not submit a request for questioning, tells about “Thaksin”, asked in the House of Representatives 2 times already, emphasizing inspection of the system rather than the individual.
Mr. Pakornwut Udompipatsakul List of MPs from the Move Forward Party as Chairman of the Opposition Whip Gave an interview about the progress in submitting a motion to debate the government, saying that from the last official discussion In the middle of last month The opposition parties also talked. It is quite clear that members of the Senate (Senators) will open a general debate at the end of March and around the same time there will be agenda 2 of the draft bill (Act) for the fiscal year 2024 expenditures, which can be viewed from Timeline and think that there may not be a debate of no confidence yet. or general discussion during this meeting
‘I have to tell you the truth, there really is very little chance of a no-con
fidence debate. Because we have to admit that the government has just arrived. Haven’t spent even a single baht of the budget that I myself will be working on. I have to be honest and say that I really have a budget. After May, the budget prepared by the government will be used for the first time,’ Mr. Pakornwut said.
Mr. Pakornwut further said that at the end of May there will be a draft of the Budget Act for fiscal year 2025. He thinks that will be a clear starting point that an agreement has been reached. How does the government allocate the budget over which it has full authority? And there was almost a year to prepare the 68 budget to see what it would look like. He thought that at that time all information would be somewhat clearer. Both in terms of policy implementation and whether it is in line with the campaign or not. And is it in accordance with the strategy or vision assigned by the Prime Minister or not? Including the consequences of various corruptions. which we will continue to examine intensi
vely
When asked repeatedly, Confirming for sure that there will be no open discussion or not, Mr. Pakornwut said that at this time he has not yet confirmed 100%, but he must admit that a no-confidence discussion during this period is difficult. General discussion section We are still talking about it if we don’t have a budget yet. The time when the government is working may not be large enough. Or there is still no big issue to open for discussion. But if there is an issue, we are ready. Suppose we open for one day, we can open for 2 days.
‘There is some information that will be open for discussion. But we need to talk with other coalition parties. Because it is a similar issue. And is it appropriate to open a discussion or not? I think some issues can be asked using live threads in the House,’ Mr. Pakornwut said.
When asked if it was only a matter of budget or not? Because there are other matters to discuss besides the budget, Mr. Pakornwut said that he thinks the budget is a big issue. We do not want to
be the opposition party that raises issues that are not important to the well-being of the people and turn them into too big of a deal. He thinks it’s about the budget. corruption It is one of the most important matters that we must examine. If it’s a political issue Then we use quotas. which may have to be left blank again We may have to consider carefully.
When asked if it would not be too kind to the government, Mr. Pakornwut said that if it were opened, it would not have quality. Better not open. We can use a general agenda like a live thread that asks questions every week. It should be used when appropriate. and has useful content for the people
As for the opinion that the opposition did not dare touch the issue of Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, former prime minister, Mr. Pakornwut immediately replied that he had just asked about the topic. The party alone has advanced. I’ve asked 2 times and I think it’s not a matter of being kind or lenient. Confirming that it is not about the individual, when we ask, we ha
ve to question the system, whether this system, this regulation, is really fair to everyone or not. As for the Democrat Party, do they agree or not? Regarding the no-confidence debate, Mr. Pakornwut said that it was fairly agreed that If the content is useful and solid information then I’m ready to open the discussion.
As for not opening a debate, it will reflect on the stability of the opposition. Mr. Pakornwut stated that the opposition parties agree with each other. If we go back to the opposition last time. The actual official debate is in 2021, in the no-confidence debate at the beginning of 2020. It was a no-confidence debate in the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), which is not exactly what the current government did at that time. But it is the result of the Prayut 1 government, which must be fair.-312
Source: Thai News Agency