Controversial Thammanat ruling triggers push to reform Constitutional Court

[sungod]

2 hours ago, BenDeCosta said:

Boggles the mind that they allow ex-convicts to be allowed into the government.

 Guess you have not lived here long ????

[scorecard]

4 hours ago, internationalism said:

well, actually to abolish this court and the whole injustice system.

 

this guy is also rapist and murderer, that after deportation back from autralia. For that he was discharged from the army and jailed for 3 years, after the charges were mysteriously dropped.

 

he has an elephant ticket. Has payed for it and nothing can shake him. He is above the competence of the constitutional court  

 

Should read .... competence and purview of the ... court. In other words he has a special status which means that ordinary laws can't be applied to him.

[HomeBirth]

Why the judges don’t wear masks?

 

Where is the public outrage? Oh yeah I forgot, they are no foreigners.

[RichardColeman]

He'd make a good PM

[Excel]

12 hours ago, BenDeCosta said:

Was just thinking that in the UK it's hard to get a job even stacking shelves or flipping burgers once you've been inside. But in Thailand, you can become a government minister.

Committing a crime has never been a hinderance for achieving higher things in Thailand. Same culture as a mafia boss, the worse the crime the more respect you get from other criminals.

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thammanat, a key dealmaker and trouble-shooter for the ruling Palang Pracharath Party, was ruled eligible to continue as an MP and remain in the Cabinet despite spending four years in an Australian jail after his 1994 conviction for heroin smuggling

Actually I'm not bothered... they will fill the ranks with corruption and sink themselves eventually.

[klauskunkel]

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Controversial Thammanat ruling triggers push to reform Constitutional Court

Reform, not gonna happen. The government likes its courts exactly as they have made them.

Remember how Apirat Kongsompong vowed teary-eyed to reform the military after the Korat shooting?

Remember the ever ongoing on and off promises of police reform? Well, they at least may get a new uniform soon...

 

Regarding this loophole: 
In its view on the qualifications of MPs, the Council of State said a person jailed for two years in Thailand or abroad is not eligible to be an MP within five years of being released, Mr Wissanu said. In this case, the jail sentence was given in 1993 and Capt Thamanat was released in 1997, so he is not prohibited from being an MP, Mr Wissanu said.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if this government had amended this law specifically to allow Thamanat. 

[Misterwhisper]

15 hours ago, Surelynot said:

The BP stated that the current law is.........anyone who is sentenced to more than 2 years anywhere in the world cannot stand as an MP.......it seems this was simply ignored.

 

As blots go, Thammanat is a monstrously ugly, indelible blot in Thailand's copybook.

A monstrously ugly, indelible blot? You are very kind, Sir. Personally, I'd rather describe this sad excuse for a human being as a blistering, pus-oozing boil on Thailand's backside.

 

And when the government feels compelled to resort to a shady, morally bankrupt character like this dude to act as a "trouble-shooter", I get goosebumps of horror.

 

And apparently, his past is even murkier than we previously thought. Apart from his conviction as a drug trafficker in Australia, in 1998 he was reported by the local press as possibly having been involved in the rape and subsequent murder of a young man. The charges were eventually dropped.

 

Edited May 12, 2021 by Misterwhisper

[Mavideol]

18 hours ago, BenDeCosta said:

Boggles the mind that they allow ex-convicts to be allowed into the government.

maybe re-phrasing fits their description better ..... boggles the mind to have a government run by ex convicts

[candide]

Courts, agencies and commissions are dominated by a (yellow tainted) network of people who nominate each other. New members of agency A are nominated by appointed head of agency B, appointed head of a high court, appointed senate, etc.... New members of agency B are nominated by appointed head of agency A, etc... 

Of course, after each coup, the army controls the process while in power (I.e. the previous junta), in order to make sure its faction is well represented.

[candide]

18 hours ago, BenDeCosta said:

Boggles the mind that they allow ex-convicts to be allowed into the government.

It's just that the others have not been caught or have been covered up.

[Burma Bill]

22 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

only a jail sentence handed down by a Thai court would bar the offender from holding a post in government.

So in a hypothetical situation whereby a Thai person is convicted and jailed for child sexual abuse (a pedophile) in another country, that person can still become an MP on return??

Edited May 12, 2021 by Burma Bill
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[overt2016]

22 hours ago, internationalism said:

well, actually to abolish this court and the whole injustice system.

 

this guy is also rapist and murderer, that after deportation back from autralia. For that he was discharged from the army and jailed for 3 years, after the charges were mysteriously dropped.

 

he has an elephant ticket. Has payed for it and nothing can shake him. He is above the competence of the constitutional court  

 

Ahh, Thailand where logic and compliance with moral is just a whim.

[Bkk Brian]

On 5/11/2021 at 8:54 PM, sungod said:

 Guess you have not lived here long ????

But we all trust the government and follow its advice right?

[Mr Meeseeks]

On 5/11/2021 at 5:50 PM, spidermike007 said:

Does anyone think Prayuth even remembers his promises to clean up Thailand? Has it gotten cleaner? Or more corrupt? The people are judging you P. and their verdict is NOT favorable. You have made quite an impression. On the criminals. 

Well that was obviously never going to happen nor was it the actual reason for the coup and anyone that was taken in and believed that it was and that Thailand's most corrupt politician (by his colleagues' own admissions) Suthep paving the way for the Military taking over would actually end up improving the country simply does not know how this place works. 

[clivebaxter]

On 5/12/2021 at 8:43 AM, Misterwhisper said:

A monstrously ugly, indelible blot? You are very kind, Sir. Personally, I'd rather describe this sad excuse for a human being as a blistering, pus-oozing boil on Thailand's backside.

 

And when the government feels compelled to resort to a shady, morally bankrupt character like this dude to act as a "trouble-shooter", I get goosebumps of horror.

 

And apparently, his past is even murkier than we previously thought. Apart from his conviction as a drug trafficker in Australia, in 1998 he was reported by the local press as possibly having been involved in the rape and subsequent murder of a young man. The charges were eventually dropped.

 

 

 

Most of the info on this has disappeared from the internet, I think this is from a gay magazine. So to sum up served 4 years for drug smuggling for which he would have gotten life here probably, suspect in a rape and murder case which I believe was never solved and an alleged holder of a fake Phd. How is he so untouchable? probably a previous employer in a very high place. Would be funny if not so serious.