The opposition has announced it will stay out of the House meeting on the budget bill, essentially leaving the government with its razor-thin coalition to scramble for enough votes to pass the key legislation. Chief opposition whip Sutin Klungsang said the opposition will not take part in the House meeting to give the government a free hand in voting for the bill. Today's meeting comes after the Constitutional Court ordered a re-vote, following revelations of illegal proxy voting during the budget's second and third readings. The court was petitioned to decide whether the bill should be dropped or enacted in its entirety, in light of the proxy voting. Separately, Pheu Thai's secretary-general Anudit Nakhontap is calling for MPs who engaged in proxy voting to resign from the House.

Source: Bangkok Post February 13, 2020 00:00 UTC