Govt whips to seek to extend current parliamentary session
Government whips plan to seek extension of the current parliamentary session until late May, the chief coalition whip said Thursday.
Udomdej Ratanasathien, who is also an MP from the ruling Pheu Thai Party, denied that the proposed extension was aimed at expediting deliberation of the government’s constitutional amendment bill. “That is just incidental benefit,” he said.
According to the chief coalition whip, the extended period would allow the draft laws sponsored by civic groups to be passed by Parliament within the current session. He said that due to the flood crisis late last year, meetings in the early period of the current parliamentary session were often interrupted because many MPs visited their constituencies affected by flooding.
The Nation
