Charter Court to rule on budget and Future Forward on Feb 7th and 21st respectively

 

 

Thailand’s Constitutional Court is due to deliver its rulings on the legality of the budget bill for 2020 fiscal year this Friday, and on the fate of the Future Forward party over the 191.2 million baht loan it accepted from party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.

 

In the first case, House Speaker Chuan Leekpai asked the Constitutional Court to determine the legal status of the budget bill after about 90 government and opposition MPs questioned its legality due to proxy voting by three government MPs, who were absent from parliament for the vote.

 

The Constitutional Court has already considered the case and agreed that there is enough evidence to deliver a ruling without the need for an inquiry. If the budget bill is ruled illegal, it will have a serious impact on all the Government’s development projects until the budget bill is legalized through a new round of voting.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/charter-court-to-rule-on-budget-and-future-forward-on-feb-7th-and-21st-respectively/

 

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"In this case, the court has ruled that there is enough evidence from both parties, the EC and the party itself, to deliver a verdict without the need for an inquiry, as the party had demanded."

 

Why complicate matters with an enquiry ?

I would think the heavily pro Prayut 'Election commission' would prefer to dissolve the party, at the earliest opportunity, without any need for any enquiry, and the Constitutional Court will obviously side with them, in order to eradicate the main opposition to the clowns, currently in charge of the country.. 

 

If the budget bill is allowed to continue after the "proxy voting" it will set a very bad precedent for the future. As it stands now every man & his dog knows it's illegal so if the court allows it then the court is bought & paid for !