Supphachai Calls Five NBTC Meetings in October 2026, Orders Backlog Cleared
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Associate Professor Dr. Supphachai Supphachalasai, a commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, or NBTC, in his capacity as chair of the meeting, signed a most-urgent memorandum to the NBTC secretary-general notifying him of the schedule of NBTC meetings and requesting that administrative arrangements be prepared to support them. This followed the first special NBTC meeting of 2026 on 2 October 2026, at which a resolution was passed appointing him as chair of the meeting to consider agenda item 5, concerning the setting of guidelines for the operations of the NBTC board. Five NBTC meetings were scheduled within October 2026: 6 October from 10.00 to 16.30, 8 October from 10.00 to 16.30, 21 and 22 October from 09.30 to 16.30, and 28 October from 09.30 to 16.30. From November 2026 onward, NBTC meetings are to be held every Wednesday of each week, with additional meetings possible if necessary, using Meeting Room Sailom 1121 on the 12th floor of the Administrative Building at the NBTC Office as the venue. The NBTC Office was also asked to take the agenda items set out in the draft agenda for the 22nd NBTC meeting of 2026, originally scheduled for 27 July 2026, and place them back on the meeting agenda in order to move forward with matters still pending, and to prepare so that public services in broadcasting, television, and telecommunications continue without interruption or standstill. Meanwhile, Sarinee Achavanuntakul, a financial expert and social commentator, posted a message on social media criticising the work of the NBTC Office and the acting secretary-general for failing to act on the instructions of the majority of commissioners, and shared the view of Was Tingsamitr, a former senior judge of the Supreme Court, who held that if more than half of the commissioners call a meeting and a quorum is present, the Office should carry out its duty to support the meeting, and that if the NBTC secretary-general refuses to perform his duties, he may risk both his position and legal liability for wrongful omission of duty.