In the middle of the parliamentary session, MPs from the People’s Party and Bhumjaithai Party exchanged provocative signs featuring numbers symbolizing hot legal cases: 299 for Senate rigging versus 44 for the amendment of Section 112.
On 7 Sep 2026 GMT+7, during the parliamentary session reviewing the 2027 fiscal year budget bill, second reading, at Section 9 concerning the Ministry of Finance’s budget, it was notable that some MPs from the People’s Party wore blue rectangular signs with the number “299” on their chests. They also placed similar signs in the spot normally reserved for party nameplates. The number 299 symbolized the Senate rigging case. On the other side, MPs from the Bhumjaithai Party responded by placing orange signs with the number 44 in the same location, representing the case involving 44 former Move Forward Party MPs seeking to amend Section 112.