Nikom says he ready to defend impeachment by Senate
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Caretaker Senate Speaker and acting Parliament President Nikom Wairatpanij Thursday said he has stopped doing his job and Deputy Senate Speaker Surachai Liengboonlertchai would perform the duty as acting Senate Speaker. However, Surachai cannot take char
Nikom said he would prepare to defend himself to the Senate, which is authorised for impeachment. He believed the Senate would call an extraordinary session to consider the matter in the next 20 days.
Support from at least three-fifths of the Senate is required to impeach a political office holder. An impeachment would result in a five-year ban from politics.
“I will not take any other legal action although I think the NACC’s reasons to indict me were unreasonable. Ordering the end to discussions on the request of the [meeting] participants is the duty of the meeting chairman, which was me,” he said.
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