Parliament has, for a long time, provided free meals for parliamentary officials, MPs and senators, but public attention has been drawn to alleged irregularities by an MP, from the Bhumjaithai party, who took a photo of Move Forward MP Sirilapas Kongtrakarn taking home some food from the canteen.
Sirilapas, a former actress, is a first time MP. The Bhumjaithai MP posted the picture on Facebook, with a caption implying that Sirilapas was smuggling the food home.
The image went viral and Sirilapas was forced to defend herself, saying she has the right to take the food as it had been left untouched. The canteen staff put the food in bags and place them on the tables every day for anyone to take home.
“Have you ever heard about food waste? The food is prepared for us so, if we cannot eat it here, we take it home, so that it would not be thrown away,” Sirilapas said, adding that,…
