Pheu Thai MPs quit panel 'to prove integrity'
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In a move to prove their integrity, Pheu Thai MPs Jirayu Huangsap and Paijit Sriworakhan stepped down from the parliamentary panel investigating absentee voting.
The resignation came after Senator Rosana Tositrakul claimed yesterday that they might be biased.
The committee met yesterday after having to postpone a meeting on Monday because Rosana failed to show up. After the meeting, the committee’s chairman Senator Nikhom Wairatpanich said the panel had looked into Rosana’s petition voicing concerns about the presence of government MPs.
The panel is comprised of senators as well as government and Opposition MPs.
Last week, Rosana accused a Pheu Thai MP of voting on behalf of an absent colleague during a debate on constitutional amendment, using a picture she had taken of a Pheu Thai MP leaning over to allegedly insert an ID card into someone else’s slot as evidence.
After yesterday’s meeting was wrapped up, Pheu Thai MPs Jirayu and Paijit stepped down from the committee to show that the government had no intention to interfere with the investigation process.
On the other hand, Democrat party-list MP Boonyod Sukthinthai, who is also a member of the committee, said he would not step down because he was neutral and Rosana did not object to his presence.
