Deadlock drags on at regulator
A board meeting of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) was aborted for the fifth consecutive time on Thursday as commissioners continued to boycott the session over the chairman's disqualification.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) board meeting in Bangkok was canceled for the fifth time in a row on Thursday due to a lack of quorum. Three commissioners, AM Thanapant Raicharoen, Pirongrong Ramasoota, and Suphat Supachalasai, arrived at the NBTC headquarters but declined to enter the boardroom.
They stated they are willing to attend meetings without chairman Dr Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck and refuse to participate in any session with Dr Sarana, who was recently disqualified following a petition for royal approval to remove him from office by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Dr Sarana entered the boardroom at 9:38 am, waiting for a full quorum, but at 10:01 am, the acting secretary-general Trairat Viriyasirikul informed the meeting that 30 minutes had passed without reaching quorum, proposing to adjourn the meeting.
Dr Sarana subsequently canceled the meeting before leaving the boardroom at 10:05 am. Six commissioners are still available, but without Dr Sarana's participation, several urgent agenda items may be considered.
Written by urgent.news from Bangkok Post Business's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.
