NRC President will consult existing laws regarding the absence of ‘Preamble’ in new charter

[Lite Beer]

NRC President will consult existing laws regarding the absence of ‘Preamble’ in new charter before deciding whether to forward the case to Constitutional Court

BANGKOK, 30 August 2015 (NNT) - The President of the National Reform Council has asked for time to look through existing laws on the question of the absence of the preamble in the new charter before deciding whether to consult with the Constitutional Court on the case.

NRC President Thienchay Kiranandana said that he needs some more time to look at the existing laws following a petition from some council members which asked him to present the draft charter to the Constitutional Court for a review.

A group of the NRC members would like Constitutional Court to interpret how the absence of the preamble of the draft charter should mean as they believe that the part is crucial for the draft to be complete.

Mr. Thienchay said that he will consider everything before deciding if he will pass the petition on to the Cabinet who will be responsible for submitting it to the Constitutional Court.

When asked if this process will affect the NRC’s schedule to vote to endorse or reject the draft charter, Mr. Thienchay said that will depend on the decision of the Constitutional Court.

-- NNT 2015-08-30

[klauskunkel]

tsk, tsk, tsk, no preamble...don't forget the postscript

[tbthailand]

seriously, quibbling among the youngsters....

This "constitution" is a giant anti-democratic turd, so who cares if they put a lipstick preamble on the pig or not?

Oh wait, they do....

[Thai at Heart]

Hahaha. It lacks an introduction.

Does it have a discussion and a conclusion also? It's a Thai constitution. It will last 5 years or so.

Who cares.

[Srikcir]

For some perspective, the preamble to the:

- 1790 USA Constitution has 51 words.

- 2007 Thai Constitution had 542 words in the English translation

- 1997 Thai Constitution had 500 words in the English translation.

- 1972 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has 562 words in the English translation.

- United Kingdom has no constitution and, therefore, no preamble.

It seems military regimes need a lot of explaining.

Maybe the NRC can merely insert TBD as the preamble and move on to more serious matters.

[Reigntax]

Surely he is familiar with section 44 by now. Law is whatever chief crazyhorse wants.

[Reigntax]

For some perspective, the preamble to the:

- 1790 USA Constitution has 51 words.

- 2007 Thai Constitution had 542 words in the English translation

- 1997 Thai Constitution had 500 words in the English translation.

- 1972 Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea has 562 words in the English translation.

- United Kingdom has no constitution and, therefore, no preamble.

It seems military regimes need a lot of explaining.

Maybe the NRC can merely insert TBD as the preamble and move on to more serious matters.

500 useful and relevant words could take years to finalise and why, when they can just read the 50,000 useless and confusing words that follow it.