The legislators voted 64 to 117, with 19 abstentions, rejecting Paranee’s nomination, after an hour of apparently heated debate behind closed doors. Aside from that, the selection process had also been problematic, the source said. “Only two people made the cut in the initial selection process, namely Paranee and Laddawan Tantiwittayapitak, a former secretary-general of the Law Reform Commission of Thailand. Still the election committee proceeded to vote between the two instead of finding more candidates,” the source explained. “Regardless of the criticism, Paranee won the vote unanimously,” he said, adding that legislators raised many questions during the assembly to approve her before then rejecting her application.

Source: The Nation Bangkok April 19, 2018 12:11 UTC