Parliament president and House speaker Chuan LeekpaiThe opposition is free to debate the budget bill again following a Constitutional Court ruling on the status of the legislation although its plan to do so could be called into question, parliament president and House speaker, Chuan Leekpai, has warned. The Future Forward Party (FFP), however, denied a further debate on the bill would be a tactic aimed at delaying its enactment. The Constitutional Court ruled last week that the budget bill is partially constitutional and ordered MPs to vote again on the readings after which illegal proxy voting took place. He said the budget bill should be implemented soon because the economy needs money to keep it going. Meanwhile, FFP secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul said the Constitutional Court may have overstepped the mark when it made its ruling.

Source: Bangkok Post February 11, 2020 23:48 UTC