MPs to ignore any bill proposing amendment : House Speaker
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Both coalition and opposition MPs will ignore any bill submitted by the people to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the House Speaker spokesman said Wednesday.
Wattana Sengpairoh, the personal spokesman of House Speaker Somsak Kiartsuranon, said even if voters or civil groups gather signatures to sponsor a bill to amend Article 112, the House would leave the bill to lapse.
Wattana said both the coalition and opposition realised that the article should not be amended.
“I am making this announcement so society can feel relief. The Pheu Thai has 265 MPs and it will not support any bill that seeks to amend Article 112. The opposition will not support the bill either. If such a bill is submitted to the House, it will be left pending and eventually lapse,” Wattana said.
The Nitiraj group of law academics has announced that it will gather signatures of voters to sponsor a bill to amend the lese-majeste law.
Meanwhile Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung is to ask the Cabinet to issue a resolution promising that the government will never amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, according to the national police chief.
Police Commissioner General Pol Gen Priewphan Damapong said Chalerm had told him of his intention during a meeting at the Government House. The meeting was also attended by the secretary general of the National Security Council and the permanent secretary for Interior Ministry.
