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LONDON - How does a lobster feel when its dropped into the boiling pot? The British Parliament wants to know.

The Secretariat of the Senate on Friday announced that Senator General Lertrit Wetchasawan has tested positive for Covid-19.

Only one of the 13 charter amendment drafts proposed by both sides of the House made it through the first reading in Parliament on Thursday.

Voting on 13 constitutional drafts on Thursday will go ahead separately, House Speaker Chuan Leekpai said on Wednesday.

The new referendum law sailed through Parliament on Tuesday by 611 votes to 4, paving the way for changes to the Constitution.

Lawmakers on Thursday approved the government’s plan to borrow an additional 500 billion baht to deal with the Covid-19 crisis in Thailand.

The opposition, led by Pheu Thai and Move Forward parties, are getting ready to attack the government over the 2022 national budget in Parliament from Monday.

At a meeting with government and opposition whips on Monday, House Speaker Chuan Leekpai said the followers of some MPs had behaved badly with medics providing Covid-19 jabs to parliament staff.

The new Parliament building, Sappaya Sapa Sathan (Peaceful Place of Assembly), will open on May 1, Pornpit Petcharoen, secretary-general of the House of Representatives, said on Monday.

The Charter amendment bill did not pass a parliamentary vote during the third reading.

Pro-democracy group “Mob Fest” held a “Censure debate by the people" in front of Parliament on Friday at 5pm, on the fourth day of the censure debate against the Prayut Chan-o-cha government by opposition parties.

A pro-democracy group, “Mob Fest”, posted on its Facebook page on Thursday that it would hold a “Censure debate by the people” in front of Parliament on Friday from 5pm, during the fourth day of the censure debate against the Prayut Chan-o-cha government by opposition parties.