Democrats to petition court over junta’s use of absolute power

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Democrats to petition court over junta’s use of absolute power

By THE NATION

 

Wirat Kalayasiri

 

THE DEMOCRAT Party yesterday decided to file a petition in the Constitutional Court against Order No 53/2560 issued by the junta head, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, which has amended the political party law to extend the period for political parties to attend to administrative work.

Democrat legal team leader Wirat Kalayasiri said the party would ask the court to see if the order was in violation of the charter. He said that in the party’s view, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) could not use absolute power under Article 44 for this purpose, as the use of the power must be for reform or reconciliatory benefits, or for national security.

 

The order was signed by the Prayut with the NCPO’s acknowledgement.

 

Wirat said since the new Constitution was already in effect, Article 44, as provided in the interim charter, should be toned down, or at the least it should not contradict the charter.

 

The order requires party members to confirm their membership status within 30 days, a condition deemed to restrict people’s rights or add a burden on them which was not in keeping with the charter’s Article 26, Wirat said. The party would file the petition next Monday, he added.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30335427

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-01-05

[leeneeds]

Watering down the power of 44,

good luck .

Now Khun Prayut has declared himself a politician 

the argument could go on for many many months,

years even.

[wakeupplease]

The magpie speaks, Oh I wish he would do as Newcastle did and just try and be a true supporter and face facts

[RichardColeman]

One way or another, for one reason or another, article 44 will  be used to move the election at some point.

[Srikcir]

"While I believe the society can accept the existence of the special powers in case there is going to be any chaos, it is not clear how necessary it is to extend the special authority to include legislative and judicial powers, or to claim that the power will be used for reforms or reconciliation," - Abhisit, July 2014.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-thai-junta-defends-strong-powers-under-new-charter-2014jul23-story.html

Now it's clear - "whatever."

[YetAnother]

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

"While I believe the society can accept the existence of the special powers in case there is going to be any chaos, it is not clear how necessary it is to extend the special authority to include legislative and judicial powers, or to claim that the power will be used for reforms or reconciliation," - Abhisit, July 2014.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-thai-junta-defends-strong-powers-under-new-charter-2014jul23-story.html

Now it's clear - "whatever."

good quote: confirms what we , that delve deeper, know about that guy

[chama]

of course if you have absolute power you can quickly squash these petitions.