NLA meeting brought forward tomorrow
THE PRESIDENT of the National Legislative Assembly has instructed the NLA whip to bring the whips’ meeting forward to tomorrow morning from the afternoon, NLA whip member General Noppadon Inthapanya said yesterday.
Noppadon said he had not heard any other details but expected that it would still be “the same agenda” as instructed by the president. Earlier, NLA President Pornpetch Wichitcholchai had instructed NLA members to be on 24-hour standby for the “special” meeting on Tuesday, Noppadon said.
On Friday, Pornpetch confirmed that the government had requested that the assembly convene the special meeting, explaining that meetings held outside the normal schedule are “special”. Normal NLA meetings are usually held on Thursdays and Fridays.
However, the NLA president said the government has at this point only called on the assembly to convene the meeting, without informing them what it would be about. The meeting could be about legislation promulgation, conventions or any other urgent issues, he said, adding that the NLA had not addressed any agenda specific to the schedule.
Noppadon said the NLA whips’ meeting would normally be “closed”, under which its members are called on to attend. If there were any calls for a “special” meeting among NLA members related to monarchy issues, it would be a full meeting of all 250 NLA members like one held on October 13.
