PM Awaits Senate Approval Before Removing NBTC Chair Sorin
PM Anutin awaits Senate approval to remove NBTC Chair Sorin over disqualification grounds, saying he must comply once the upper house decides the matter.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on July 27, 2025 that he is waiting for the Senate to formally approve the removal of Dr. Sorin Bunyibhaichaphruk, chairman of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), on grounds of disqualification. Anutin stressed that the process follows legal procedures requiring a Senate vote, and that once the Senate issues its decision, he must comply with it—there is no way to violate the law or constitution. The NBTC chairman declared this morning that he does not accept the selection committee's finding that he lacks qualifications. Anutin said each official must do their own job. When the selection committee issued its disqualification motion, he consulted with Deputy Prime Minister Pokrarn Nilpraband, who said they must wait for the Senate meeting to proceed. "Once the matter reaches me from the Senate, I must sign off on it. I have no discretionary power," the prime minister said.
