Bangkok: “Sirikanlaya” insists she made no mistake in questioning the prime minister alone. Siriganya said she retreated until she didn’t know how to retreat anymore, admitted she was still irritated with people who negotiated during the censure debate, and now that the time has come like this, countered “Pheu Thai” saying “I’m not hot, but you seem a little hot at the moment”, insisted she was right to debate “PM Paethongtarn” alone, was disappointed, thought “Thaksin” would be more open-minded to be able to refer to her, advised everyone to prepare a bed, pillow, and mosquito net, there are a lot of mosquitoes in parliament, teased the PM probably went back to see his children since the evening because he must have work-life balance.
According to Thai News Agency, Ms. Sirikanya Tansakul, MP for the party list and deputy leader of the Prachachon Party, gave an interview about the no-confidence debate against the government, saying that she wanted people to wait and hear what the Prachachon Party has to offer, and she wanted the public to help follow it because the latest debate was held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. the next day, which might be an advantage because there were not many protesters during that time, and the debate could be held to its fullest potential. However, the disadvantage is that the public will miss out on watching it live, and it is really impossible to say when the key MPs will be placed. However, we will definitely distribute highlights for each day, which she cannot say yet because there will be people who interfere with the evidence.
Ms. Sirikanya also insisted that she wanted the government to keep its promise and promise to allow the opposition to debate for the full time. If the time is not yet up and it goes by, the opposition must debate until the time is up. ‘Because we have retreated to the point where we don’t know how to retreat anymore, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 a.m., I still feel irritated with the people who were negotiating, asking how they got this much time. We have to ask the public and the media to help pressure the government to keep its promises. If the time is not up yet, we have to debate on the 3rd,’ said Ms. Sirikanya.
Ms. Sirikanya revealed that the discussion groups were organized into issues, including policies, corruption problems, and other problems, but there was no specific group for discussing family members. She insisted that we were discussing the prime minister. Family members are an additional part of the prime minister’s problems. Therefore, she emphasized again that we were not discussing former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, but Paethongtarn Shinawatra, who was not the real prime minister.
As for the Pheu Thai Party responding via their Facebook page to not get lost in the issue or country, Ms. Sirikanya said that it is normal for exam speculation to have some wrong and incorrect speculation. However, the rush to come out seems like they are feeling anxious or not because it has not been revealed what they will talk about. They come out to talk about being lost, and we are confused about what they are lost in or who exactly is lost in. She also admitted that she is worried that the exam will be leaked. Right now, we are working quietly and confidentially, trying to keep as little information as possible for people to know because the debaters may have problems. We have encountered someone who called to lobby not to talk about a certain topic or the evidence that we have disappeared before our eyes if we knew the issue in advance.
When asked where the idea of a country-swap deal came from, Ms. Sirikanya said that it was right on point: how much did the country lose when the prime minister came to power so that his father could return home? The benefits were used as a bargaining chip, causing him to lose an unknown number of opportunities.
The reporter asked, ‘Do you look hot?’ Ms. Sirikanya immediately said, ‘I’m not hot, but you look a little hot lately. If you look at the various pages, they will promote their work from time to time, as if they are preparing for this debate. We are also speculating what the government side will say, after they look so hot-headed. And judging from now on, the prime minister should be the hottest because we are not debating anyone else. The next person should be the prime minister’s father because we expected that when we asked Mr. Thaksin whether he could debate his name, we thought he would be open-minded and say yes. We don’t see any problem.’
Ms. Sirikanya stated that in any case, Mr. Thaksin could have responded to us anyway, but it turned out that he had to follow the rules. She was also disappointed because she thought he would be more open-minded. In addition, the debate had many killer punches. She confirmed that this time it was real. There were definitely people who were hot-headed. The chair might not be comfortable.
When asked if she was right to debate only the prime minister, Ms. Sirikanya smiled before saying, ‘I was very right.’ I was very right to focus on the issue. The remaining ministers did not go anywhere, did not negotiate or hide anything. When the next session opens, wait to follow the next part because it is a new session. But we also have to follow up whether after the first debate, there will be a cabinet reshuffle or not. The ministers that we have not debated may be out of their seats. We will lose the opportunity to debate.
When asked if it was really 5 a.m., Ms. Sirikan said it was really 5 a.m. She didn’t want it, but he didn’t extend the time for 3 days. As for what to prepare, Ms. Sirikanya said that tents, blankets, mosquito nets, and pillows are needed because there are a lot of mosquitoes in the parliament. There are also not many bathrooms, only the committee chairman’s room. They will have to take turns using them to shower and get dressed. Also, bring your pajamas to sleep at the parliament. Or if you have to go on a show in the morning, you can drive, stop by to give alms, and then go on the show.
When asked again whether it was really 5am, Ms. Sirikanya said that she would bring Mr. Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn, Mr. Rangsiman Rome, and Ms. Ratchanok Srinok to debate at 3am because she wanted reporters to stay and listen. She thought that the person acting as the chairman at that time would be Mr. Paradorn Prisananantakul, the first deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, who would have to continue from 10pm onwards.
As for whether the Prime Minister will be there to listen, Ms. Sirikanya said that the Prime Minister went back to see his son in the evening, but he might be watching from home, watching the Work Life Balance live broadcast that only the Prime Minister has. We don’t have it.
