The MP-elect resignation of Nateepat Kulsetthasith, a forty six 12 months outdated Move Forward Party list member, confirmed that she’s going to resign following her involvement in a drink-driving cost last month. However, she should first complete the required electoral procedures.
On Monday, the Election Commission (EC) endorsed all 500 MPs elected, and Nateepat appeared within the Office of the Secretariat of the House of Representatives board to introduce new MPs.
Nateepat announced her resignation as a candidate MP on May 16, simply two days after the final election, following her arrest for drink-driving earlier within the day. She publicly apologised and expressed regret for her actions.
Today, Nateepat mentioned that she would not return on her dedication to take responsibility for her actions, confirming that she wouldn’t change her mind relating to her MP-elect resignation and step down.
The EC knowledgeable her that she couldn’t tender her MP-elect resignation to the fee because it required a parliamentary process and no MP had ever resigned on this manner. Nateepat must register as an MP earlier than resigning. Therefore, she plans to report to parliament on June 27, take the oath of allegiance, and then formally resign, Bangkok Post reported.
“There’s no deception. After asserting my resignation, I consulted the EC about MP-elect resignation tips. As the EC had not yet endorsed MPs-elect at the time, I couldn’t resign as an MP. My name continues to be on the list of MPs-elect,” Nateepat wrote on her Facebook account. “After completing all proper parliamentary procedures, I can resign as an MP. Premiere identify of the party-list candidate next to me shall be moved up.”
Nateepat was stopped at a police checkpoint within the Lat Phrao district of Bangkok on May 16. An alcohol breath take a look at confirmed sixty six milligrams of alcohol per a hundred milliliters of blood, exceeding the authorized restrict of 50 milligrams.
The Nonthaburi Criminal Court later sentenced her to two months in prison, suspended her for 2 years, fined her 4,000 baht, and ordered her to finish 12 hours of community service..