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House meeting collapses due to lack of quorum

Members of Parliament pose for photographs after a House meeting on Thursday. (Photos: Parliament)

A meeting of the House of Representatives was adjourned again due to a lack of quorum on Thursday.

It was the sixth time in two months a session of the House of Representatives was brought to an abrupt end, and the 17th time since the House convened following the last general election on March 24, 2019.

House Speaker Chuan Leekpai said the House had to take a roll call in previous administrations, but MPs can now simply activate their MP ID cards.

“The quorum was actually met in the past, but some MPs just didn’t want to activate their cards,” Mr Chuan said before he adjourned the meeting.

As the session on Thursday was to consider the state audit policy for fiscal 2022, Pichet Chuamuangphan, a Chiang Rai MP…

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