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Published on February 15, 2008

The group has been demanding 10 of the 15 posts set aside for People Power and some 30 Northeast MPs have put their names forward.

In order to chair a House committee, MPs are required to have won at least three terms and must not be government whips or House committee members on a budget. They have to alternate jobs with each other after a year or two.

Meanwhile, People Power MPs from Central provinces met at the party's headquarters yesterday, with Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsap as chairperson.

After the meeting, People Power deputy spokesperson Thitima Chaisang said it was agreed that the three ministers from the region - Chaiya, Science Minister Wuthipong Chaisang and Deputy Education Minister Bunlue Prasertsopha - would sit in on every meeting held by MPs from the Central region.

She said that judging from the number of the region's MPs - 43 - they should be eligible for three House committee chairman posts.

The group decided that if MPs from Central provinces were given ministerial posts, other MPs from the same province should get a House Committee chairman post so that they can coordinate well.

Deputy House Speaker Apiwan Wiriyachai also floated the idea of establishing a provincial parliamentary office with an MP as the office director so that they can take up complaints from people in the provinces.

The Nation