Nikom said the bill would be amended as proposed by Democrat MP Suthep Thaugsuban, who is leading the protest on Ratchadamnoen Avenue, 
	Nikom said on radio station 97.0 that if the Senate voted for the bill in its first reading scheduled for Monday, the bill would then be vetted. He added that he would serve as chair of the vetting committee and the senators on the committees would scrutinise the bill section by section. 
	The Nation

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