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Bt13.5-bn submarine deal didn’t violate the new charter: Wissanu
By THE NATION

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam

 

Activist files complaint to ombudsman, saying Admin court should rule on deal

 

BANGKOK: -- THE RECENT Bt13.5-billion submarine purchase does not violate Article 178 of the new charter, which requires parliament to be consulted on any international agreements that may violate the country’s sovereignty, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.

 

“Concerned authorities said it doesn’t,” said the deputy Prime Minister, in response to a fresh petition against the deal.

 

On Monday, activist Srisuwan Janya filed a petition with the Ombudsman, proposing that the Administrative Court should rule on the legitimacy of the recent submarine deal between Thailand and China. He argued that it had been signed too swiftly and was shrouded in controversy.

 

The Ombudsman’s office is authorised under Article 231 of the Constitution to make proposals to the Administrative Court when it detects any action, undertaken by governmental agencies or officials, that could be problematic to the charter or the country’s laws.

 

Citing the charter’s Article 178, Srisuwan said that the agreement with China should be considered by Parliament and opened to a public hearing before being proceeded with, given that it had been done on a government-to-government basis.

 

Navy says purchase was legal 

 

While the Article obligates authorities to follow such procedures for any agreement that could affect the Kingdom’s sovereignty, the Cabinet confidentially approved the multi-billion-baht procurement proposal from the Defence Ministry on April 18.

 

Last Friday, the Royal Thai Navy signed the deal with state-owned China Shipbuilding and Offshore International, marking the start of the Navy’s plan to obtain three Yuan Class S26T submarines.

 

Srisuwan also said the Cabinet could also be in violation of Article 23 of the budget procedures bill, which stipulates that a long-binding budget must be approved no later than 60 days after the budget for a fiscal year is enforced. 

 

Since this year’s bill was enforced on October 1, 2016, the approval could not have been legally passed after November 30, he said in his petition.

 

However, this reasoning – also raised earlier by legal academics – has already been countered by the Budget Bureau, which said the Cabinet had approved the Defence Ministry’s plan for long-binding budgets on October 25.

 

Royal Thai Navy spokesperson Admiral Jumpol Lumpikanon, meanwhile, stressed that the Navy’s Bt13.5-billion submarine-procurement agreement did not violate any law, as the attorney-general had properly taken care of the deal’s legal aspects from the outset.

 

“His petition will add colour to society,” Jumpol said of Srisuwan’s petition. 

 

“We welcome any kind of investigation. I assure you that the Navy has followed every step in accordance with the law,” Jumpol added.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30314647

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-05-09

[Chang_paarp]

Who would have predicted that result??

 

I am shocked at it's audacity. 

[klauskunkel]

concerned anonymous authorities, who will remain nameless for unspecified reasons, have privately stated off the record, that the deal does not specifically violate #178, said the Dep. Prime Min. He also said that the statement was revealed only to him under cover of the night by a mysterious man in black appearing to him in his dreams. Good Night.

[williamgeorgeallen]

army will do what ever they want. still good to shine the spot light on it.

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

Wonder when the population in this country will figure out that they been violated with this new charter?

[realenglish1]

This whole sub thing is just a joke The authorities what it and the public does not  This is tax payers money Not the governments

 

So you need to listen to the people otherwise they will over time get mad and I have learned that crowd of  Thais 

can be a very dangerous force  when they are mad

 

One thing i give the Thais credit for is their ability to have patients There is however a time that anyone's patients will wear thin

 

 

[Mad mick]

3 hours ago, realenglish1 said:

This whole sub thing is just a joke The authorities what it and the public does not  This is tax payers money Not the governments

 

So you need to listen to the people otherwise they will over time get mad and I have learned that crowd of  Thais 

can be a very dangerous force  when they are mad

 

One thing i give the Thais credit for is their ability to have patients There is however a time that anyone's patients will wear thin

 

 

No patience when gang can just beat up an old lady " what bravado mmmm the subs are to protect the nation they say ! where were they when japs just walked in ww11 hiding under there beds . They only need subs protect them selves when the thai finally wake up there robbing the thai people ; thais are under a dictatorship now and for how long  " ?anyone seen the prince  or the new king lately . ?

Edited May 9, 2017 by Mad mick