NLA passes 2016 budget bill in first reading
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The National Legislative Assembly passed the first reading of the Fiscal 2016 budget bill with 186 votes.
Three NLA members abstained and no one voted against it. The NLA then formed a 50-member panel to vet the bill.
After the first reading was done, NLA President Pornpetch Wichitcholchai asked the NLA members to thank Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha for explaining the bill by himself. NLA members gave him a big applause before the meeting was closed at 7:15 pm.
