Bangkok Post – New push to punish MPs, officials who avoid summonses

The Move Forward Party (MFP) has proposed a bill seeking to punish ministers and state officials who fail to testify before House committees after being summonsed.

Rangsiman Rome, an MFP list-MP and chairman of a House committee on state security, on  Thursday submitted a proposal to parliament which outlines the punishment for individuals who fail to acknowledge the summonses of a House committee.

MPs who fail to show up will face an…