rooster59 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Justice Minister says he is at loss for a next step if budget bill is nullified by court File photo ©isranews.org Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said today that he was totally at loss about what to do if the budget bill for the 2020 fiscal year is declared null and void by the Constitutional Court. More than 90 government and opposition MPs have signed a letter, addressed to House Speaker Chuan Leekpai, asking the Constitutional Court to determine the legal status of the bill, after it was found that at least two government Bhumajthai MPs had allowed their colleagues to cast their votes in favour of the bill while they were absent from parliament. Chuan earlier said that an MP who allowed his or her colleague to cast her vote was wrong, even if he or she was in parliament at the time. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/justice-minister-says-he-is-at-loss-for-a-next-step-if-budget-bill-is-nullified-by-court/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2020-01-26 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Easy call a fresh election that has no manipulation by the trough eaters. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertson468 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) 19 minutes ago, legend49 said: Easy call a fresh election that has no manipulation by the trough eaters. I completely agree. It shows the Government has lost the mandate to Govern, in which case, fresh elections should be held in order to install a Government that has both the ability and the backing to pass the Budget through both Houses. At least this is what would happen in a developed Country, as a vote of no confidence would have been passed. Edited January 26, 2020 by robertson468 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkfish Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Can't they just vote again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smutcakes Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 hour ago, monkfish said: Can't they just vote again? I would suggest that in normal circumstance the fraudulent voters would be kicked out and the vote retaken. However in Thailand the courts have set such ridiculous precedents and decisions in bending, twisting and flat out breaking laws in trying to get rid of TS and his supporters parties that the chickens are coming home to roost from previous decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Why hasn’t Prayut fired the people responsible for this mess? After all, they, and anyone else who was complicit in all of this, are completely to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred white Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 41 minutes ago, rkidlad said: Why hasn’t Prayut fired the people responsible for this mess? After all, they, and anyone else who was complicit in all of this, are completely to blame. Cause he's one of them 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 On 1/26/2020 at 2:02 PM, smutcakes said: I would suggest that in normal circumstance the fraudulent voters would be kicked out and the vote retaken. However in Thailand the courts have set such ridiculous precedents and decisions in bending, twisting and flat out breaking laws in trying to get rid of TS and his supporters parties that the chickens are coming home to roost from previous decisions. The manner of the vote was made improperly by MP's elected to the House. No one is challenging the MP's right to vote, nor their vote being fraudulent. So a re-vote by the House should suffice with the direct recordation of all MP's voting, ie., by voice. Thailand uses common law that allows culture and tradition to craft a court's decision - legal precedent is not supreme. Therefore, factors such as "good intentions," "honesty, "character" and maybe even "tenants of Buddhism"* become just as relevant judicial considerations as any legal precedent and laws. As such, Thai judicial rulings can be quite arbitrary, contrarian and politicized - but without breaking any laws per se. * In practice Buddhism is the State religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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