Former National Legislative Assembly president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai walks into the TOT Plc auditorium to attend the first Senate meeting on Friday. (Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd)Pornpetch Wichitcholchai has been selected as Senate speaker in an uncontested vote for the top job in the upper house. Their appointments and that of Mr Pornpetch will become official once they are endorsed by His Majesty the King. The first Senate meeting was held after His Majesty the King, accompanying by Her Majesty the Queen, opened Parliament at the Foreign Ministry earlier on Friday. Mr Pornpetch did not go into the issue during his speech to accept the speaker’s seat.

Source: Bangkok Post May 24, 2019 13:00 UTC