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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Lawmakers back b400bn loan panel - Caught on Camera

Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, leader of the opposition People's Party and its party list MP, accuses the government of using the decree to bypass House scrutiny. (Bangkok Post file photo/Nutthawat Wichieanbut)

Opposition and coalition lawmakers are backing the creation of a special parliamentary committee to oversee spending under the government's 400-billion-baht emergency borrowing decree, although sharp disagreements remain over whether the loan is justified.

The agreement follows a House debate on motions seeking to establish a special committee to scrutinise spending under the emergency decree, which authorises the Finance Ministry to borrow 400 billion baht to address the impact of the energy crisis and support the country's energy transition.

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