Thailand’s Entertainment Complex Bill will now sit at the bottom of the list of agenda items to be discussed by the House when it convenes after being deprioritized. It will not fall off the agenda completely, however, because this can only be decided through a formal resolution according to comments from Deputy Transport Minister Manaporn Charoensri, reported by The Bangkok Post.
The government earlier this week revealed that it would postpone the first parliamentary reading of the bill due to a lack of public understanding of its entertainment complex policy.
The bill had been scheduled to be reviewed by the House on Tuesday 9 July but has now fallen below other agenda items including bills on fostering a peaceful society and political amnesty, The Bangkok Post said.
Despite the delay, the government denied suggestions it had caved to pressure from the opposition People’s Party to drop the bill altogether.
“We don’t need the opposition to tell us what to do. The government always listens to the people and takes their voices into account,” Manaporn said.
A recent NIDA poll showed that fewer Thais were opposed to entertainment complexes with casinos than in a previous poll although opposition still sits well above 50%.
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