NLA to hear statements on impeachment cases
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The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) is to convene early next month to hear statements from relevant parties before deciding whether to impeach former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, former House speaker Somsak Kiartsuranont and former Senate speak
NLA president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai has called a meeting of the assembly on January 8 to hear statements from the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and from Somsak and Nikom in the case, which accuses them of abusing their authority while serving as Parliament president and deputy president, respectively.
On January 9, the NLA is scheduled to hear statements from the NACC and Yingluck in a case in which the ex-premier is accused of dereliction of duty in connection with her government’s corruption-plagued rice price-pledging scheme.
