Pheu Thai Considers Options On Charter

[Lite Beer]

Pheu Thai considers options on charter

The Nation on Sunday

Former Thai Rak Thai caretaker party leader Chaturon Chaisang

BANGKOK: -- Party to meet tomorrow; will consider change to Article 68, that lets Constitution Court directly accept a petition direct from public

The ruling Pheu Thai Party will meet tomorrow to chart its next course of action following the Constitution Court's ruling on Friday that its planned wholesale rewrite of the charter is unconstitutional.

The court said a national referendum should be held if the charter is to be rewritten entirely through the setting-up of a Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA).

Meanwhile, Opposition chief whip Jurin Laksanawisit insisted that opposition MPs would boycott Parliament if Pheu Thai and other government MPs defy the court's order and continue to push for the third reading of the charter amendment bill.

Reacting to the court's verdict, Pheu Thai Party deputy spokesman Jirayu Huangsap said the party thinks Article 68 of the charter should be amended first to bar the court from accepting petitions directly from the general public.

His remark followed the court's statement on Friday that it had jurisdiction to accept petitions directly, even though pro-government critics earlier insisted that all petitions must be screened first by the Office of the Attorney-General.

"The verdict of the Constitution Court is not clear. Pheu Thai Party is ready to comply with the verdict but the party's official action will be announced after a meeting tomorrow," Jirayu said. "The party has three possible options: go ahead with the third and final reading of the charter amendment bill; go for a public referendum; or amend only some articles of the charter," he said.

Opposition chief whip Jurin said the Constitution Court's verdict was clearly worded and said that rewriting the charter entirely could not be done without holding a national referendum.

So, if the government still went ahead with a third reading of the charter amendment bill, the Opposition would not vote, because the government action would be against the law.

"I think the government should end the political conflict by dropping the charter amendments issue and performing the true duty of the government - solving economic problems or preventing floods, which are really the people's problems," Jurin said.

Parliament had been scheduled on June 5 to consider the third reading of a change to Article 291 of the Constitution to set up the CDA for a complete rewrite of the 2007 charter.

Deputy government spokesperson Anusorn Iamsa-ard said that in his opinion, the Constitution Court had no power to rule on how to change Article 291.

Former Thai Rak Thai caretaker party leader Chaturon Chaisang said at a press conference yesterday he supported the Pheu Thai charter amendment bill.

He said the government could either hold a national referendum before or after passing the third reading of the Article 291 amendment, or after a CDA finished drafting a new charter.

Chaturon said that according to the Constitution, the ruling of the court was binding on all agencies. Therefore, irrespective of whether Pheu Thai Party accepts the ruling, it had to comply with it.

Former Senate Speaker Suchon Chaleekrua, now a Pheu Thai member, said: "The ruling has set a precedent on the court's authority. In amending the charter, it might be necessary that Article 68 concerning the issue of the court's jurisdiction must also be altered."

Article 68 of the Constitution prohibits overthrowing the constitutional monarchy system or any attempt to acquire power with any means other than what has been indicated in the current Constitution. A controversial point of the law is whether the Constitution Court can accept a case filed directly or whether the case must be filed first with the Office of the Attorney-General.

Former deputy chairman of the 2007 Constitution Drafting Committee Chuchai Supawong said it was the will of the Constitution that allowed the Constitution Court to directly accept a petition, and not necessarily through the Office of the Attorney-General.

"The right to protect the Constitution is not only from a military coup but also from parliamentary dictatorship or any means. Therefore, people should listen to the court's advice carefully and without bias," said Chuchai, who is also an adviser of the Office of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand.

-- The Nation 2012-07-15

[haroldc]

The Constitutional Court's ruling that every Thai citizen has the right to directly petition the Constitutional Court is perhaps the event most empowering of democracy that has occurred since 1932. And what is the reaction to this by the so-called people's government and their so-called anti-dictatorship supporters? Require that petitions be submitted only by the Office of the Attoney-General, the head of which is a political appointee, or even better, abolish the Constitutional Court entirely. The hypocrisy and totalitarian intent is so blatent as to almost defy belief.

[Skywalker69]

Orders from "the man afar"

[OzMick]

Headlines to come -

Article 68 amendment Passed

Shinawatra Family Member Appointed as AG

CC Funding Cut by 2/3

CC Judges Resign After Massive Pay Cut

Number of CC Judges Reduced to 3, Shinawatra Family Members fill All3 Positions

CC Investigates Itself, Decision Soon

CC Declares It is Unconstitutional and Disbands

[WhizBang]

So their first order of business is to limit the powers of the court!

Their second order of business will probably be to disolve the court.

Democracy my ass. Someone needs to stop these people before they totally destroy this country.

[siampolee]

A fine example of the electorate being misled by the rhetoric of a populist movement which in truth financed its own ascension to power by rampant vote buying, rampant pre -election rentamob activities and the promises of , ''Jam tomorrow,'' policies which was indeed a dream team projection that is slowly turning into a full blown nightmare for the people of Thailand.

Indeed the rallying cry of '' fair shares for all '' rings hollow, it is a case of unfair shares for one person, his family and their brown nosing acolytes in their everlasting lustful pursuit for absolute power, politically and business wise and a judicial cleansing of criminal convictions and activities at any price.

Followed of course by the perversion of justice and laws to further consolidate their evil vindictive hold on power and all the benefits that accrue from a dictatorship

These creatures are only to happy to feed upon the carcass of the Thai people in their sad sordid worship of a corrupt convicted criminal who wants nothing more than civil strife in this country so as he can achieve his aims.

Throughout history those people who rallied the masses to , ''fight for their freedom from oppressors,'' have in the long run shown themselves to be far more despotic than those they encouraged other's to remove from power.Interesting to note that in some 95% of cases all these despots all resided out of range of danger and led from the back.

The arrogance and malevolence of this current maladministration and its determined aims to override the judicial system and ignore the wishes and opinions of the electorate are indeed frightening

Such a situation will lead to a breakdown of society via a civil strife scenario courtesy of maladministration rentamob campaign as we saw before or perhaps the lesser of the evil may be that the military come out of their barracks again.

Indeed we live in worrisome times where we see the victims are becoming the criminal and the criminals are becoming the victims.

Edited July 15, 2012 by siampolee

[bigbamboo]

Headlines to come -

Article 68 amendment Passed

Shinawatra Family Member Appointed as AG

CC Funding Cut by 2/3

CC Judges Resign After Massive Pay Cut

Number of CC Judges Reduced to 3, Shinawatra Family Members fill All3 Positions

CC Investigates Itself, Decision Soon

CC Declares It is Unconstitutional and Disbands

I hope no one from PT sees this. They'll think they've got a mole in their midst.

[Noistar]

Headlines to come -

Article 68 amendment Passed

Shinawatra Family Member Appointed as AG

CC Funding Cut by 2/3

CC Judges Resign After Massive Pay Cut

Number of CC Judges Reduced to 3, Shinawatra Family Members fill All3 Positions

CC Investigates Itself, Decision Soon

CC Declares It is Unconstitutional and Disbands

I hope no one from PT sees this. They'll think they've got a mole in their midst.

+1

[Noistar]

The part of the article saying "I think the government should end the political conflict by dropping the charter amendments issue and performing the true duty of the government - solving economic problems or preventing floods, which are really the people's problems" seems realistic common sense, whichever party says it.

[Pib]

Reacting to the court's verdict, Pheu Thai Party deputy spokesman Jirayu Huangsap said the party thinks Article 68 of the charter should be amended first to bar the court from accepting petitions directly from the general public.

Yes, yes, do away with the public being able to provide petitions/direct input...wouldn't want democray getting in the way of the Pheu Thai Party's agenda.

[bigbamboo]

A fine example of the electorate being misled by the rhetoric of a populist movement which in truth financed its own ascension to power by rampant vote buying, rampant pre -election rentamob activities and the promises of , ''Jam tomorrow,'' policies which was indeed a dream team projection that is slowly turning into a full blown nightmare for the people of Thailand.

Indeed the rallying cry of '' fair shares for all '' rings hollow, it is a case of unfair shares for one person, his family and their brown nosing acolytes in their everlasting lustful pursuit for absolute power, politically and business wise and a judicial cleansing of criminal convictions and activities at any price.

Followed of course by the perversion of justice and laws to further consolidate their evil vindictive hold on power and all the benefits that accrue from a dictatorship

These creatures are only to happy to feed upon the carcass of the Thai people in their sad sordid worship of a corrupt convicted criminal who wants nothing more than civil strife in this country so as he can achieve his aims.

Throughout history those people who rallied the masses to , ''fight for their freedom from oppressors,'' have in the long run shown themselves to be far more despotic than those they encouraged other's to remove from power.Interesting to note that in some 95% of cases all these despots all resided out of range of danger and led from the back.

The arrogance and malevolence of this current maladministration and its determined aims to override the judicial system and ignore the wishes and opinions of the electorate are indeed frightening

Such a situation will lead to a breakdown of society via a civil strife scenario courtesy of maladministration rentamob campaign as we saw before or perhaps the lesser of the evil may be that the military come out of their barracks again.

Indeed we live in worrisome times where we see the victims are becoming the criminal and the criminals are becoming the victims.

What a scary post.

It puts one in mind of Thaksin's friend, Robert Mugabe.

[Thaddeus]

A fine example of the electorate being misled by the rhetoric of a populist movement which in truth financed its own ascension to power by rampant vote buying, rampant pre -election rentamob activities and the promises of , ''Jam tomorrow,'' policies which was indeed a dream team projection that is slowly turning into a full blown nightmare for the people of Thailand.

Indeed the rallying cry of '' fair shares for all '' rings hollow, it is a case of unfair shares for one person, his family and their brown nosing acolytes in their everlasting lustful pursuit for absolute power, politically and business wise and a judicial cleansing of criminal convictions and activities at any price.

Followed of course by the perversion of justice and laws to further consolidate their evil vindictive hold on power and all the benefits that accrue from a dictatorship

These creatures are only to happy to feed upon the carcass of the Thai people in their sad sordid worship of a corrupt convicted criminal who wants nothing more than civil strife in this country so as he can achieve his aims.

Throughout history those people who rallied the masses to , ''fight for their freedom from oppressors,'' have in the long run shown themselves to be far more despotic than those they encouraged other's to remove from power.Interesting to note that in some 95% of cases all these despots all resided out of range of danger and led from the back.

The arrogance and malevolence of this current maladministration and its determined aims to override the judicial system and ignore the wishes and opinions of the electorate are indeed frightening

Such a situation will lead to a breakdown of society via a civil strife scenario courtesy of maladministration rentamob campaign as we saw before or perhaps the lesser of the evil may be that the military come out of their barracks again.

Indeed we live in worrisome times where we see the victims are becoming the criminal and the criminals are becoming the victims.

What a scary post.

It puts one in mind of Thaksin's friend, Robert Mugabe.

Any very difficult to pick any holes in it.

[h90]

Headlines to come -

Article 68 amendment Passed

Shinawatra Family Member Appointed as AG

CC Funding Cut by 2/3

CC Judges Resign After Massive Pay Cut

Number of CC Judges Reduced to 3, Shinawatra Family Members fill All3 Positions

CC Investigates Itself, Decision Soon

CC Declares It is Unconstitutional and Disbands

A bit different:

Article 68 amendment Passed

Shinawatra Family Member Appointed as AG

CC Funding Cut by 2/3

CC Judges Resign After Massive threats

Number of CC Judges Reduced to 3, Shinawatra/Damapong Family Members fill All3 Positions

CC Investigates Bangkok Governor, Several issues in the South, Several Democrat MPs

CC Impeaches the Bangkok Governor and dissolve the Democrat party.

Why should you disband such a powerful thing if you can control it?

[ratcatcher]

A fine example of the electorate being misled by the rhetoric of a populist movement which in truth financed its own ascension to power by rampant vote buying, rampant pre -election rentamob activities and the promises of , ''Jam tomorrow,'' policies which was indeed a dream team projection that is slowly turning into a full blown nightmare for the people of Thailand.

Indeed the rallying cry of '' fair shares for all '' rings hollow, it is a case of unfair shares for one person, his family and their brown nosing acolytes in their everlasting lustful pursuit for absolute power, politically and business wise and a judicial cleansing of criminal convictions and activities at any price.

Followed of course by the perversion of justice and laws to further consolidate their evil vindictive hold on power and all the benefits that accrue from a dictatorship

These creatures are only to happy to feed upon the carcass of the Thai people in their sad sordid worship of a corrupt convicted criminal who wants nothing more than civil strife in this country so as he can achieve his aims.

Throughout history those people who rallied the masses to , ''fight for their freedom from oppressors,'' have in the long run shown themselves to be far more despotic than those they encouraged other's to remove from power.Interesting to note that in some 95% of cases all these despots all resided out of range of danger and led from the back.

The arrogance and malevolence of this current maladministration and its determined aims to override the judicial system and ignore the wishes and opinions of the electorate are indeed frightening

Such a situation will lead to a breakdown of society via a civil strife scenario courtesy of maladministration rentamob campaign as we saw before or perhaps the lesser of the evil may be that the military come out of their barracks again.

Indeed we live in worrisome times where we see the victims are becoming the criminal and the criminals are becoming the victims.

I couldn't help noting Siampolee's reference to "Jam tomorrow" (Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass")

BUT here are some appropriate lyrics by Oysterband ("The Shouting End of Life"), which seem to fit current times here in LOS., although of course they refer to Thatcher and not Thaksin.

Perhaps sung by a well oiled Red Shirt singer?

CHORUS

Hey, hey, the donkeys say

Milk and honey's on the way

Everybody get down and pray

It's jam tomorrow, shit today

I was born, bred, burped and fed in a place that wasn't funny

The sun shone out of Thaksin's arse waving wads of money

My father told me not to fuss, never shirk the factory drudge ricefield sludge,

His generation steamed away, life bleached out in a 12-hour day

All went well with the witch's spell, fortune's fragrance wafted

Till the boom went bust in a cloud of dust, suckers all got shafted

It's bastard this and bastard that, I even ate me bastard hat

Father would've won his bet, I was up to the neck in the same old debt

How they school you, how they fool you

How they take you for a ride

How the same old lardballs screw you

It's murder faking suicide

CHORUS

They could and they would 'cos greed was good

And life was made for shopping

All the prizes, mega-sizes, all the lies just whopping

Bastard this and bastard that, I even ate me bastard hat

Father's ghost is laughing still to see me stuck on the same treadmill

How they school you, how they fool you

How they take you for a ride

How the same old lardballs screw you

It's murder faking suicide"

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Edited July 15, 2012 by ratcatcher

[Moruya]

A fine example of the electorate being misled by the rhetoric of a populist movement which in truth financed its own ascension to power by rampant vote buying, rampant pre -election rentamob activities and the promises of , ''Jam tomorrow,'' policies which was indeed a dream team projection that is slowly turning into a full blown nightmare for the people of Thailand.

Indeed the rallying cry of '' fair shares for all '' rings hollow, it is a case of unfair shares for one person, his family and their brown nosing acolytes in their everlasting lustful pursuit for absolute power, politically and business wise and a judicial cleansing of criminal convictions and activities at any price.

Followed of course by the perversion of justice and laws to further consolidate their evil vindictive hold on power and all the benefits that accrue from a dictatorship

These creatures are only to happy to feed upon the carcass of the Thai people in their sad sordid worship of a corrupt convicted criminal who wants nothing more than civil strife in this country so as he can achieve his aims.

Throughout history those people who rallied the masses to , ''fight for their freedom from oppressors,'' have in the long run shown themselves to be far more despotic than those they encouraged other's to remove from power.Interesting to note that in some 95% of cases all these despots all resided out of range of danger and led from the back.

The arrogance and malevolence of this current maladministration and its determined aims to override the judicial system and ignore the wishes and opinions of the electorate are indeed frightening

Such a situation will lead to a breakdown of society via a civil strife scenario courtesy of maladministration rentamob campaign as we saw before or perhaps the lesser of the evil may be that the military come out of their barracks again.

Indeed we live in worrisome times where we see the victims are becoming the criminal and the criminals are becoming the victims.

What a scary post.

It puts one in mind of Thaksin's friend, Robert Mugabe.

I tell you what I find scary.

When a Red Shirt leader calls for all Muslim Mosques to be burned to the ground

When a Red Shirt leader hands out the phone numbers and addresses of all constitution Court Judges and asks the assembled mob to threaten them.

When a Red Shirt leader say that the judges should be lynched.

When the House Speaker, a supposedly neutral role, says that we wants the Democrat party "stomped"

Mugabe? I can see his face.

[waza]

Heres an idea, forget about the Thaksin amnesty and get on with the business of running the country for the benifit of the Thai people.

[Noistar]

Heres an idea, forget about the Thaksin amnesty and get on with the business of running the country for the benifit of the Thai people.

There is no disagreement that PT are the largest party in the government. It is a shame that they are not using their majority to improve Thailand. Their pre-occupation is doing them and the country a lot of damage.

I live in Chiang Mai, the supposed centre of the 'Red' support. After nearly a year of opposition-free PT government we don't seem to be getting much of a return. Trade at the shops and the markets is poor, many of my wife's friends bemoan the fact that they have days with no customers. That along with people wanting to buy but now not having the money seems to sum up the economic situation here. Why are things apparently worse now?

I understand there are major infrastructure works happening here - would I be right in guessing where this investment is going?

[Pib]

Heres an idea, forget about the Thaksin amnesty and get on with the business of running the country for the benifit of the Thai people.

There is no disagreement that PT are the largest party in the government. It is a shame that they are not using their majority to improve Thailand. Their pre-occupation is doing them and the country a lot of damage.

I live in Chiang Mai, the supposed centre of the 'Red' support. After nearly a year of opposition-free PT government we don't seem to be getting much of a return. Trade at the shops and the markets is poor, many of my wife's friends bemoan the fact that they have days with no customers. That along with people wanting to buy but now not having the money seems to sum up the economic situation here. Why are things apparently worse now?

I understand there are major infrastructure works happening here - would I be right in guessing where this investment is going?

Your wife's friends must be hallucinating if their business is tourism related because the Tourism Authority of Thailand and other govt agencies continue to say tourism to Thailand is in good shape and rising.

Edited July 15, 2012 by Pib

[Soi Sauce]

When u r taking over a country, who gives a sh_e about the proles?

[Thai at Heart]

A fine example of the electorate being misled by the rhetoric of a populist movement which in truth financed its own ascension to power by rampant vote buying, rampant pre -election rentamob activities and the promises of , ''Jam tomorrow,'' policies which was indeed a dream team projection that is slowly turning into a full blown nightmare for the people of Thailand.

Indeed the rallying cry of '' fair shares for all '' rings hollow, it is a case of unfair shares for one person, his family and their brown nosing acolytes in their everlasting lustful pursuit for absolute power, politically and business wise and a judicial cleansing of criminal convictions and activities at any price.

Followed of course by the perversion of justice and laws to further consolidate their evil vindictive hold on power and all the benefits that accrue from a dictatorship

These creatures are only to happy to feed upon the carcass of the Thai people in their sad sordid worship of a corrupt convicted criminal who wants nothing more than civil strife in this country so as he can achieve his aims.

Throughout history those people who rallied the masses to , ''fight for their freedom from oppressors,'' have in the long run shown themselves to be far more despotic than those they encouraged other's to remove from power.Interesting to note that in some 95% of cases all these despots all resided out of range of danger and led from the back.

The arrogance and malevolence of this current maladministration and its determined aims to override the judicial system and ignore the wishes and opinions of the electorate are indeed frightening

Such a situation will lead to a breakdown of society via a civil strife scenario courtesy of maladministration rentamob campaign as we saw before or perhaps the lesser of the evil may be that the military come out of their barracks again.

Indeed we live in worrisome times where we see the victims are becoming the criminal and the criminals are becoming the victims.

What a scary post.

It puts one in mind of Thaksin's friend, Robert Mugabe.

I tell you what I find scary.

When a Red Shirt leader calls for all Muslim Mosques to be burned to the ground

When a Red Shirt leader hands out the phone numbers and addresses of all constitution Court Judges and asks the assembled mob to threaten them.

When a Red Shirt leader say that the judges should be lynched.

When the House Speaker, a supposedly neutral role, says that we wants the Democrat party "stomped"

Mugabe? I can see his face.

Well mugabe is 10 times the man of thaksin.

This infernal uncertainty about the intent of the constitution, and the apparent ability of the courts to setting with the wind is the down fall of the system.

Thailand desperately needs a judicial review and a move to precedent law, then, there is no ambiguity or negotiation, harsh or unfair judgment on 99% of political, economic, minor , major, white collar or blue collar behavior or crime.

What is the point in allowing dodgy players into the game if even the results can be jigged by the referees at the end.

[Noistar]

Heres an idea, forget about the Thaksin amnesty and get on with the business of running the country for the benifit of the Thai people.

There is no disagreement that PT are the largest party in the government. It is a shame that they are not using their majority to improve Thailand. Their pre-occupation is doing them and the country a lot of damage.

I live in Chiang Mai, the supposed centre of the 'Red' support. After nearly a year of opposition-free PT government we don't seem to be getting much of a return. Trade at the shops and the markets is poor, many of my wife's friends bemoan the fact that they have days with no customers. That along with people wanting to buy but now not having the money seems to sum up the economic situation here. Why are things apparently worse now?

I understand there are major infrastructure works happening here - would I be right in guessing where this investment is going?

Your wife's friends must be hallucinating if their business is tourism related because the Tourism Authority of Thailand and other govt agencies continue to say tourism to Thailand is in good shape and rising.

A couple of her friends have long-established tourism businesses here in the North. I assume your reference to TAT is not a serious rebuttal of my point as these are also 'customer-free' as it were.

Go to Central Airport Plaza and see the empty shops, let alone the empty spaces where shops used to be.

As another poster indicated, the proles have probably done their work

[OzMick]

Reacting to the court's verdict, Pheu Thai Party deputy spokesman Jirayu Huangsap said the party thinks Article 68 of the charter should be amended first to bar the court from accepting petitions directly from the general public.

Yes, yes, do away with the public being able to provide petitions/direct input...wouldn't want democray getting in the way of the Pheu Thai Party's agenda.

You have to understand that the simplistic model of democracy stops at "whoever gets the most votes/seats governs." and doesn't allow for any further input, criticism or accountability.

[Skywalker69]

A fine example of the electorate being misled by the rhetoric of a populist movement which in truth financed its own ascension to power by rampant vote buying, rampant pre -election rentamob activities and the promises of , ''Jam tomorrow,'' policies which was indeed a dream team projection that is slowly turning into a full blown nightmare for the people of Thailand.

Indeed the rallying cry of '' fair shares for all '' rings hollow, it is a case of unfair shares for one person, his family and their brown nosing acolytes in their everlasting lustful pursuit for absolute power, politically and business wise and a judicial cleansing of criminal convictions and activities at any price.

Followed of course by the perversion of justice and laws to further consolidate their evil vindictive hold on power and all the benefits that accrue from a dictatorship

These creatures are only to happy to feed upon the carcass of the Thai people in their sad sordid worship of a corrupt convicted criminal who wants nothing more than civil strife in this country so as he can achieve his aims.

Throughout history those people who rallied the masses to , ''fight for their freedom from oppressors,'' have in the long run shown themselves to be far more despotic than those they encouraged other's to remove from power.Interesting to note that in some 95% of cases all these despots all resided out of range of danger and led from the back.

The arrogance and malevolence of this current maladministration and its determined aims to override the judicial system and ignore the wishes and opinions of the electorate are indeed frightening

Such a situation will lead to a breakdown of society via a civil strife scenario courtesy of maladministration rentamob campaign as we saw before or perhaps the lesser of the evil may be that the military come out of their barracks again.

Indeed we live in worrisome times where we see the victims are becoming the criminal and the criminals are becoming the victims.

I couldn't help noting Siampolee's reference to "Jam tomorrow" (Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass")

BUT here are some appropriate lyrics by Oysterband ("The Shouting End of Life"), which seem to fit current times here in LOS., although of course they refer to Thatcher and not Thaksin.

Perhaps sung by a well oiled Red Shirt singer?

CHORUS

Hey, hey, the donkeys say

Milk and honey's on the way

Everybody get down and pray

It's jam tomorrow, shit today

I was born, bred, burped and fed in a place that wasn't funny

The sun shone out of Thaksin's arse waving wads of money

My father told me not to fuss, never shirk the factory drudge ricefield sludge,

His generation steamed away, life bleached out in a 12-hour day

All went well with the witch's spell, fortune's fragrance wafted

Till the boom went bust in a cloud of dust, suckers all got shafted

It's bastard this and bastard that, I even ate me bastard hat

Father would've won his bet, I was up to the neck in the same old debt

How they school you, how they fool you

How they take you for a ride

How the same old lardballs screw you

It's murder faking suicide

CHORUS

They could and they would 'cos greed was good

And life was made for shopping

All the prizes, mega-sizes, all the lies just whopping

Bastard this and bastard that, I even ate me bastard hat

Father's ghost is laughing still to see me stuck on the same treadmill

How they school you, how they fool you

How they take you for a ride

How the same old lardballs screw you

It's murder faking suicide"

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[phiphidon]

The Constitutional Court's ruling that every Thai citizen has the right to directly petition the Constitutional Court is perhaps the event most empowering of democracy that has occurred since 1932. And what is the reaction to this by the so-called people's government and their so-called anti-dictatorship supporters? Require that petitions be submitted only by the Office of the Attoney-General, the head of which is a political appointee, or even better, abolish the Constitutional Court entirely. The hypocrisy and totalitarian intent is so blatent as to almost defy belief.

Isn't it curious that the comment that all "the hypocrisy and totalitarian intent is so blatent (sic) as to almost defy belief" is presumably aimed at the PTP whilst the boot was on the other foot in 2006.

Then a similar ruling was rejected for consideration by the CC because the petition had not been routed via the Attorney General.

So how come the Court has changed it's mind?

Well possibly because it was a petition to dissolve the Democrat Party.

It's strongly suspected they have their own arrangements with the Courts, hence all the fuss regarding changing the status quo, why spoil a good thing - as far as they're (and a goodly few on here as well) concerned that is.

Mr. Suphot earlier handed a petition requesting the Constitutional Court to dissolve the Democrat party due to the Article 63 of the Constitutional law.

The court refused to consider on the petition with the reason that the Article 63 does not allow the complainer to directly hand the petition to the court.

The petition must be considered by Attorney-General first.

http://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news.php?id=254905250012

Please note Article 63 of the 1997 Peoples Constitution referred to here is exactly the same wording as Section 68 of the 2007 Junta Constitution.

[smedly]

Relentless garbage from the PT/Reds, doesn't the PT party realise that continuation of this path will be the end of their term in government - the CC is there to protect the constitution and therefore protect democracy, if the penny doesn't drop soon I think PT are gone