The so-called “entertainment complex” bill was a key plank for the Pheu Thai party, aiming to legalise casinos and boost the nation’s spluttering economy by making it a regional gambling hub.
However, the party has only a razor-thin parliamentary majority after being abandoned by coalition partners over a scandal which saw the premier suspended.
Julapun Amornvivat, deputy finance minister, said they “accept it’s not the appropriate time”.
Pheu Thai leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended by the Constitutional Court last week, pending an ethics probe into her behaviour during a diplomatic call with neighbouring Cambodia.
Thailand’s interior minister and deputy prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai is serving as acting premier until the court probe concludes, a process which could take weeks or months.
Paetongtarn organised a reshuffle before being suspended and as a result has kept a cabinet role as culture minister. – AFP
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