BANGKOK, 3 June 2012 – The government has confirmed that the current Parliamentary session will remain opened until 2 of its proposed laws have sailed through it.
PM’s Office Minister Worawat Uea-aphinyakun said that there has not been any plan to close the current Parliamentary session on Tuesday, June 5th, as some reports have suggested.
Mr. Worawat said that the current session will stay opened until the draft anti-money laundering law and the anti-financing of terrorism law have been approved by the Parliament.
The PM’s Office Minister stated that the 4 controversial reconciliation laws will likely be brought up again at the next Parliamentary session, after the deliberation of all drafts has been postponed indefinitely.
When asked about the Constitution Court’s order to the Parliament to suspend the deliberation of all 4 drafts, Mr. Worawat commented that the order, which has no legal endorsement, should not affect the process as such an action was viewed as interference into the Legislative Branch.
