House Speaker Chai Chidchob on Tuesday ruled out live broadcast for the final stretch of the budget debate, saying there was no precedent to air the final readings of the Budget Bill.
The final debate on budgetary allocations will last from this morning and complete by noon on Thursday, the deadline for the House deliberation before the bill is forwarded to the Senate, Chai said.
"Today's debate will pick up from last week by vetting Article 17 of the Budget Bill related to Bt230 billion earmarked for the Interior Ministry," he said.
Opposition chief whip Witthaya Buranasiri said the opposition would not object to the cancellation of live broadcast.
The opposition is expected to focus on grilling Interior Minister Chaovarat Chanweerakul on what the opposition lawmakers saw as lopsided allocations for local governments seen as the strongholds of the minister's Bhum Jai Thai Party.
Today's Cabinet meeting will take place at Parliament in order to allow Cabinet members to monitor and take part in the budget debate.