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Chuan blames high number of ruling coalition partners for frequent lack of quorum
Chuan said the one-ballot electoral system allowed up to 26 parties win House seats.
“Under this system, the side with majority House seats formed the government so the coalition has 19 partners and seven parties became the opposition. Normally, a coalition wouldn’t have almost 20 partners,” Chuan said.
With the special provisions, Prayut’s Palang Pracharath Party managed to steal victory from the Pheu Thai, which emerged No. 1 in terms of MPs, to form a coalition with 19 partners.
Chuan added that the problems of the House were also compounded by the fact that more than half of MPs were new faces.
Moreover, after the coup, Thailand had no parliamentary system for fem years so the current House had to learn a lot, leading to both positive and negative experiences in their works.
Chuan said the parliamentary system required the government to control its majority in the Hou
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Seni was the mentor who meant the world to Chuan
The late MR Seni Pramoj is usually remembered as a three-time Prime Minister and leader of the Democrat Party, but to Chuan Leekpai, he was a teacher and mentor.
"Mom Rajawongse Seni taught me the rules of law," Mr Chuan said on Thursday at Thammasat University's Faculty of Law during an event to mark MR Seni's birthday.
Mr Chuan said he felt history did not do MR Seni justice. "MR Seni's contribution to the study of lag in Thailand was overlooked."
In addition to being one of the youngest Supreme Court judges, MR Seni wrote a number of legal textbooks. Some of those books are still used in the classroom today, such as the Civil and Commercial Code, Property Law, Debt and Bills of Exchange, that are still available for sale at Thammasat. MR Seni also wrote books about the legal practice in the Ayutthaya period and during the reign of King Rama IV.
"There were not many legal textbooks in those days," Mr Chuan said.
After re
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Remarks by Thailand&#;s Prime Minister, Chuan Leekpai
Chuan Leekpai*
Hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations
and the Asia Society New York
March 11,
Speeches and Transcripts:
Asia Society
Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society for hosting this reception. I also would like to thank all the distinguished guests for honoring me and my delegation with your presence here this evening. I am very delighted to be back in the United States, back to a great country that has always held a special place in the hearts of the Thai people. Ours is a friendship which goes back years, back to when Siam became the first Asian country to establish diplomatic ties with America. It is a friendship which has withstood the challenges of time, distance and differences. It is a friendship which, over the years, has become a partnership for peace and prosperity. And, I am proud to say, it is a fr