"Pakornwut" points out that the new cabinet is delayed, making the parliament's work more sluggish. Still hoping that "Prime Minister Yingluck" will answer questions to honor the people's representatives. Waiting to see the situation of submitting names to compete for the 1st Deputy Speaker of the House to continue the work of "Dr. Ong". Mr. Pakornwut Udompipatsakul, a party-list MP from the Prachachon Party, talked about the opposition's work in the parliament after getting a new prime minister. He said that the agenda for this Thursday's meeting, the House Speaker did not include a question agenda. It is understood that they will go to discuss various legal issues and may have to wait for the new Cabinet to come and announce its policies to the parliament before considering the question agenda. In this regard, it is hoped that the new PM will come to answer the question because it is believed that the PM must adhere to the parliament, which is a power on the same level. The PM should also come to the par liament so that the MPs can scrutinize the work and ask important questions that are beneficial to the country. Therefore, it is hoped that the new PM will come to answer the question and respect the parliament and respect the representatives of the people. When asked whether the lack of a cabinet and first deputy speaker would disrupt the council's work, Mr. Pakornwut said that if there was no cabinet, some of the council's work might be disrupted. However, we confirm that some things can be continued. However, there may be legal concerns about how much the caretaker cabinet can do. This is a matter for the government to verify the certainty. If something is unclear, we probably don't want it to continue. As for the vacant position of the First Deputy Speaker, I think it should be filled as soon as possible because having only the Speaker and the Second Deputy Speaker taking turns on long meeting days means that both of them are equally hard-working. Therefore, I think that someone must help with the dutie s and the meeting. The work that Mr. Padipat Santipada, the former First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, left off must be continued. The First Deputy Speaker is also responsible for drafting various laws, which are directly related to the meeting, including the IT system of the House, which Mr. Padipat worked on. There should be someone to take over this work. When asked if the Prachachon Party is preparing to send Mr. Sitthiphon Wibulthanakul, a party-list MP, as a candidate, Mr. Pakornwut said that it must be divided into 2 parts first. The first part is whether to send or not. We have not yet made a 100% decision on whether to send or not. It depends on the timing, especially the appointment of the opposition leader. I think we have to look at the timing at that time to see if it is appropriate or not to send someone to compete for the position of first deputy speaker of the House. Part 2 is who to send. The People's Party has not yet concluded. There have been some names raised among the MPs to see which ones are suitable. Right now, there are only about 3-4 names that have been raised for discussion. There is still no clarity. When asked if there would be legal issues between having to choose the opposition leader and the first deputy speaker because he might lose either position, Mr. Pakornwut said that what he was saying was whether to send or not to compete for the first deputy speaker, we have to look at the timing of how far along the opposition leader proposal is because at the moment, the documents from the Election Commission (EC) that have to be confirmed back to the parliament that we are MPs of the People's Party have not been sent back by the EC. So at this point, nothing is official at all. As for whether or not we have to choose between the first deputy speaker and the opposition leader, we want the position of the opposition leader. Looking back in the past, there have been many times when parties were clear on their own that they were going to be the opposition and had the position of opposition leader but also submitted their names to compete for the position of the president or deputy speaker of the parliament to compete with the coalition parties. I think this is normal for the parliament because I see that whoever is more suitable than the coalition parties who submitted their names, even though we are a minority, we will lose no matter what we vote for. Therefore, there must be some position that we have to confirm, especially what Mr. Padipat has done. The public can see that no first deputy speaker of the House of Representatives has ever used his power to do what Mr. Padipat did. Therefore, I think that we should continue for the benefit of the parliament. Source: Thai News Agency
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