Senators, MPs and disgitaries atten the opening ceremony of Parliament. The ceremony will be followed by the opening of the Senate later on Friday to select the upper house speaker and his or her deputies. "The acting House speaker [Chai Chidchob] will decide whether I will be allowed to attend," he said. Construction of the 23-billion-baht new Parliament house is years behind schedule, forcing parliamentarians to move from place to place for their meetings. The old parliament house closed down as the compound reportedly had to be returned to the Royal Household Bureau.

Source: Bangkok Post May 24, 2019 10:23 UTC