page_title: Sappaya-Sapasathan
section_title: Construction
hierarchical_section_title: Sappaya-Sapasathan / Construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Sappaya-Sapasathan
context_page_description: The Sappaya-Sapasathan currently houses the National Assembly, the legislative branch of the Government of Thailand. The legislature is a bicameral body, consisting of two chambers: the upper house, and the lower house. It is the third parliament house of Thailand, replacing the original Parliament House of Thailand near Dusit Zoo. The project was initiated in July 2008, when Samak Sundaravej became Prime Minister.
context_section_description: The new parliament building, after significant delays, is due to be inaugurated in late 2020. It was contracted for in 2013 and was scheduled to be opened in 2015. It sits on a bank of the Chao Phraya River in Kiakkai neighbourhood of the Thanon Nakhon Chai Si Subdistrict, occupying 300,000 m² of land. The site of the current parliament building was returned to its owner, the Bureau of the Royal Household, at the end of 2018. Construction of the new building has been delayed for four years. The project budget has ballooned from 14 billion baht to 23 billion baht. Parliament has levied no penalties on the developer for missing the deadline. As the land where the old parliament building sits was already returned to the Crown Property Bureau, Parliament met in an auditorium rented from telecom firm TOT at a cost of 11 million baht per month from May 2019. Since August 2019, Parliament now meets in Sappaya-Sapasathan, although parts of the building remain unfinished.
caption: In July 2019
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