Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's outrage over the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) members who were spotted dozing off during the 2019 budget deliberations last Thursday seems like an overreaction.
The prime minister threatened he would blacklist those who fell asleep and told NLA president Pornpetch Witchitcholchai to make sure there are no reoccurrences of snoozing during meetings. He also lashed out the media for their editorial decision to splash the shameful photos across their front pages.
In fact, there was no need for the prime minister to be so annoyed if even half of the NLA had slept through the proceedings. The new budget bill, accounting for a record three trillion baht, would still have sailed through.
