Opposition Blasts Justice Minister For Dodging Parliament Inquiry

On July 2, 2025, Prisit Wattrasinthon, opposition list MP and Pheu Thai deputy party leader, posted on Facebook about an oral parliamentary question scheduled for that day. He stated that the opposition had coordinated early in the week to question the Justice Minister, even accommodating the government's advance notice request beyond normal protocol requirements.

Wattrasinthon pointed out that over the previous 1-2 days, the government never reported that the Justice Minister had conflicting foreign engagements or unavoidable tasks. He noted that in previous weeks, whenever ministers faced genuine scheduling conflicts, the government promptly notified the opposition, who would agree to ask another minister instead to preserve their questioning quota.

However, Wattrasinthon continued, the moment he formally notified the parliament vice-president that his oral question would address the progress of Special Case 24/2568—a major fraud investigation—the Justice Minister suddenly became unavailable, citing a meeting to monitor establishment of an international justice process learning center.

"If this meeting was scheduled in advance, the minister would have informed us 1-2 days ago," Wattrasinthon stated. "The only conclusion is that the minister decided this morning to attend the meeting after seeing the question topic, to use it as an excuse to avoid answering."

Wattrasinthon emphasized that under the Constitution Article 164, all ministers are accountable to parliament for matters within their jurisdiction. Since Thursday oral questions are a standing weekly agenda item, the Justice Minister's absence citing this scheduling conflict is unconvincing and clearly demonstrates the government is evading parliamentary scrutiny of the fraud case.