Pheu Thai MP Pichet Chuamuangphan, who became the second deputy House speaker-elect uncontested on Tuesday, is known for his “gesture” politics.
When his name is mentioned, people remember his strong criticism of political opponents when he spoke during parliamentary sessions.
On several occasions Pichet, 60, cursed and damned those and their families who he claimed had corrupted the country. Sometimes he used such expletives, which he was asked to withdraw.
He even scattered rice and fertiliser during his speech in Parliament in 2021, to support his motion over the low price of rice and high price of fertilisers.
The drama happened when he filed a fresh interpellation against the Prayut Chan-o-cha government over these issues.
When the government had no representative to answer his questions, he scattered rice and fertiliser, which he claimed farmers had given to him, on the floor of parliament.
Watch Video of Pichet’s scattering of rice and fertilisers
Then House speaker Chuan Leekpai said, tongue in cheek, that he understood Pichet’s frustration and asked him to clean the floor.
Pichet, an MP from Chiang Rai province, agreed to do so, with the help of his fellow MPs and parliamentary officials.
Many people have already forgotten this drama, but Pheu Thai’s Facebook page posted about this shortly after he won the deputy speaker selection.
It will be interesting to watch him, now that he is deputy House speaker and has to supervise parliamentary sessions.
