Parliament holds a moment of silence in memory of the tragic school bus accident. MPs prepare an urgent motion, hoping to find a solution together to prevent a repeat of the incident and not let it go like in the past. The House of Representatives meeting today (October 2) was chaired by Mr. Wan Muhammad Noor Matha, the Speaker of the House of Representatives. After receiving the royal command appointing the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives and Mr. Jadet Chantra, the Pheu Thai Party MP for Phitsanulok, taking the oath, the MPs stood in mourning to express their deepest condolences for the accident involving a school bus carrying students from Khao Phraya Sangkharam School in Lansak District, Uthai Thani Province yesterday (October 1), which resulted in 25 deaths. Most MPs also wore black to mourn the tragedy and to express their condolences to the parents who lost their children. Mr. Wan Muhammad Noor emphasized in the meeting that the incident that occurred is a matter that the Hou se of Representatives must help resolve together, and thanked the government and related parties for their full assistance, but it still hurts the hearts of the parents and related parties. In the scope of the duties of the House of Representatives, there will be another joint consideration on whether to set up an urgent verbal motion or assign the related committee to proceed with what, because we do not want the incident that happened to pass and have it happen again, because it is a big issue that affects people. He also assigned Mr. Phradon Prisananantakul, the 2nd Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the MP for Ang Thong, to be the representative of the House of Representatives to visit the families of the deceased and injured and other matters. While Mr. Krumanit Sangphum, MP for Surin, Pheu Thai Party, as Deputy Government Whip, confirmed that the government and the opposition have discussed it and will propose an urgent motion regarding the incident. He hopes that the House of Represent atives, which is responsible for enacting laws, will take action on the tragedy and not let it go quiet like the tragic incident in Bueng Kan Province. However, this time, as Chairman of the Transport Committee, he has been assigned by the Pheu Thai Party to work with the Ministry of Transport to inspect the use of vehicles in the entire system. Mr. Nattawut Buaprathum, a party-list MP of the Prachachon Party and deputy opposition whip, confirmed that opposition MPs and the government agree that they must learn about both prevention and problem solving, as well as providing remedies for the incident. The meeting will consider the draft excise tax bill or the progressive liquor bill and the draft local personnel management bill before entering the urgent motion verbally. Source: Thai News Agency
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