Parliament, The House of Representatives accepted the principle of 421 votes to revive the law on summons of the committee, hoping to return the power to summon ministers, civil servants, and documents to clarify after being confiscated according to the Constitutional Court ruling in 2020. Reporters reported that the House of Representatives meeting, chaired by Mr. Padipat Santipada, First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, considered the draft bill on the power to summon committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate B.E. ... proposed by Mr. Srisutpong Kiewkhong, MP for Krabi, Bhumjaithai Party, and two other bills with similar content proposed by Mr. Rangsiman Rome, MP for the Move Forward Party, and Ms. Tissarat Laohapol, MP for Bangkok, Move Forward Party. In the debate, MPs from both the Move Forward Party, Pheu Thai Party, and Bhumjaithai Party shared the same opinion, which is to support the acceptance of the principles of the draft bill, which aims to return the power to the committee to investigate the issues of transparency arising from the administration of the country, both from the executive branch, ministers, and civil servants. After the power to summon individuals or documents for inspection in the committee from civil servants or state officials under the power specified in the Act on Summoning Orders of the House of Representatives and Senate Committees B.E. 2554 could not be used because the Constitutional Court's Order No. 17/2563 on October 7, 2020 ruled that it was unconstitutional in 2017 because the provisions of criminal penalties were considered a provision that conflicted with Section 129 of the Constitution. Therefore, it caused problems in the work because there was no cooperation from those invited by the committee to attend the meeting or to provide details. After the members had finished their discussion, the meeting voted together in one go, with 421 unanimous votes to accept the principles of the draft bill and set up a committee of 31 people. Source: Thai News Agency
