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Published on December 7, 2007

NLA deputy speaker Pochanee Thanawaranich said the Defence Ministry had cancelled its plan to construct its new headquarters on the land despite having spent Bt41 million for a blueprint.

She said the ministry felt the country was in more urgent need of a new parliament that would reflect national dignity.

Pochanee, in her capacity as chair of the NLA committee tasked with finding a location for the new Parliament, said the NLA would ask the Cabinet to approve the new location.

Meanwhile, the Cabinet would also have to approve a new location of about 100-rai for the Defence Ministry to build its headquarters, she said.

Moreover, the NLA would have to pay compensation to the 322 families of ministry officials who will need to be re-located, she said.

The Nation