The House of Representatives rejects the draft Local Administration Act.

The House of Representatives rejected the draft Local Administration Act, stating that the committee's amendments went beyond the 'development' principle, and asked that it not be used for political purposes. The 'Whip' is ready to accept the revised version, preparing to include it in the next term. Reporters reported on the parliamentary meeting, which had Mr. Pichet Chueamuangphan, First Vice President of the Parliament, acting as the chairman of the meeting, considering the draft Local Personnel Administration Act (No. ...) B.E. ... that the Special Committee (S.C.) had considered, which was a subsequent agenda item in Section 4 after the S.C. requested to withdraw the report from the agenda for amendments after being objected by the parliament, because the S.C.'s consideration in the first round had amendments that were contrary to the principles. However, during the consideration, no vote could be cast because MPs from the Bhumjaithai Party objected that the committee's amendment could not be voted o n because the content did not match the principles. Meanwhile, MPs from the Pheu Thai Party, including Mr. Prayut Siripanich, a Pheu Thai Party-list MP, debated that he thought the content could be approved, but if it was still seen as conflicting or contradictory, it would have to be sent to the Constitutional Court. However, the debate continued to debate whether the content that the committee had amended would violate the principles and whether it could be voted to approve. There was a point of contention about whether the amendments were in line with the principles of the draft law that had passed the principle reading, which had 3 versions. At the same time, there was a proposal for the committee to withdraw the content for the second time to amend it again. This prompted Mr. Nattawut Buaprathum, a party-list MP from the Prachachon Party, to debate that the committee's consideration of the amendment was in accordance with the principles of the draft law that had been accepted. However, he did not agree with withdrawing the committee's report because it would create a problem that if a draft bill was rejected in a session, it could not be proposed again in the same session. Therefore, he wanted the consideration to proceed, which was consistent with Mr. Wisut Chainarun, a party-list MP from the Pheu Thai Party and the government whip, who stated that the consideration should proceed. The reporter reported that in the House's consideration, it was found that in Section 4, Section 5, and the two newly added sections, the House resolution did not agree. Then, before the third reading, Mr. Phatthana Sapso, MP for Sakon Nakhon, Pheu Thai Party, as the chairman of the committee, stood up to debate that 'Before the third reading, I don't want the draft law to be expanded or turned into a political issue. I understand that many MPs are concerned about the principles. It is the duty of the whip to discuss, but what I would like to say is that if the third reading has a problem and does not pass, do not turn it into a political issue.' Mr. Pakornwut Udompipatnasakul, a party-list MP from the Prachachon Party, continued his debate by saying that for the consideration of the draft laws and bills that the House has already accepted in principle, there may be problems if they arise. Therefore, he proposed that the whip coordinate with the Council of State to find a solution. As for the draft bills, the Prachachon Party will propose them again in the next session, with similar content. However, this is not a political issue and will be proposed again in the next session and will pass smoothly. Mr. Wisut discussed that he should take it back for consideration and correction. In the next meeting, he would propose it to the whip and he would put it on the agenda. However, Mr. Pichet said that working in the parliament for more than a year, there is a sense of consideration for each other. Everyone has proposed bills in parallel, not abandoning bills that are not in the same style because of consideration for each other. This has caused problems in the committee meeting. He has invited the whip to discuss whether it is in the same style or not. This is a lesson. It has been done 3 times already. It is a problem. He asked the whip to consider whether it is in the same style or not so that there will be no problems. The meeting then voted and found that 4 people agreed and 405 people disagreed, 1 abstained and 2 did not vote. It is considered that the meeting voted not to agree with the draft bill because they did not agree, so it was dropped according to regulation Source: Thai News Agency