"Pakornwut", People's MP, asks for justice for the "Democrat Party", insists that they have not fled to join the government, is not worried about being abandoned, says that just not being isolated from the people is enough, says that it is possible that they will join the opposition with "Palang Pracharath", reveals that "Thai Sang Thai" has requested to suspend its role as opposition whip, admits that it does not want to push anyone out of the coalition, asks for time to be the proof. At the parliament, Mr. Pakornwut Udompipatsakul, a party-list MP for the Prachachon Party and acting opposition whip, gave an interview about the Democrat Party's plan to join the government. He said that the Democrat Party still insisted to him that it was still an opposition party. As for the news that came out, he did not know the facts. They insisted to him that there was no such thing. There was no official discussion within the party about this matter. We have to be fair. Sometimes news is just news. There may be some t hat have been leaked and some that are true and some that are not. When asked if Mr. Chalermchai Sri-on, the leader of the Democrat Party, gave an interview himself saying that he had not closed the way to join the government yet, if the Democrat Party really joined the government, would it emphasize that the People's Party was isolated? Mr. Pakornwut said that in the parliament, it was one thing, and no matter how isolated we were, he thought that since after the election, the words that the Move Forward Party was isolated had appeared since then. He had always said that no opposition party had joined together voluntarily. The opposition party was a party that was not invited to join the government. 'We might join the Palang Pracharath Party, who knows? Because if we don't join the government, it means we are the opposition. So, whether we are isolated by the parliament or not, I am not worried. Because if the election comes out and we are not isolated by the people, that's enough,' said Mr. Pakornwut. Mr . Pakornwut also mentioned the case of the Thai Sang Thai Party. Now, he has talked to Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, the leader of the Thai Sang Thai Party. Khunying Sudarat asked the Thai Sang Thai Party MPs to reduce their roles in the opposition. He has already talked to Mr. Thakorn Tanthasit, the party-list MP of the Thai Sang Thai Party. Mr. Thakorn understands this well and respects Khunying Sudarat's decision. He will suspend all activities in the opposition party's quota. Mr. Thakorn will resign from the chairman of the House of Representatives' Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation Committee. When asked about the current situation of the Thai Sang Thai Party, whether it is the government or independent, Mr. Pakornwut said that he could not define what position it is in. But for the sake of fairness in the discussion, Mr. Thakorn confirmed to him that the previous vote for the prime minister did not have the intention to join the government, which is something that Mr. Thakorn must discu ss within the Thai Sang Thai Party itself. Mr. Thakorn also confirmed that he still wants to be a party in the opposition, but he understands the current situation and is willing to stop activities related to the opposition for the time being. In the next vote, if the opposition has some joint resolutions, he is willing to prove himself in the future. As for what the future holds, I will let time be the witness to what Mr. Thakorn has stated to me. "As the opposition chief whip, I should not push anyone out of the opposition party. Therefore, I will never cut ties if the behaviors do not clearly indicate this because I think there are still future agendas that may prove whether we can still work together as the opposition," said Mr. Pakornwut. When asked if Khunying Sudarat made serious accusations that the six MPs of the Thai Sang Thai Party went against the opposition's resolution, when it shouldn't have been because the government's votes were enough, Mr. Pakornwut said that he thought Khunying Sudarat had clearly stated that this matter had to go through the party's internal disciplinary and ethics committee. He thought that in the discussion that day, Khunying Sudarat had not yet spoken with the six MPs, but he still respected what Khunying Sudarat had said to the Prachachon Party. He thought that after the discussion in the Thai Sang Thai Party, if there was any clarity, it could be continued. He confirmed that as the opposition's chief whip, he could not push it out, but admitted that having a resolution that did not match the opposition's would have consequences. Source: Thai News Agency
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