Chai Chidchob, speaker of the Thai parliament who is a Khmer Surin, during his visit Cambodia on 23rd July, 2009.JBC memos meeting adjourned to Apr 5
Published: 29/03/2011
Bagkok Post
The joint sitting of parliament to consider the minutes of three Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meetings was today adjourned to April 5 for lack of a quorum.
Parliament President Chai Chidchob ordered the adjournment after a quorum check found only 262 of the existing 554 parliamentarians were present. At least 277 are needed for a quorum.
Before the adjournment, members of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the joint sitting were split into two groups of different opinion.
The first group did not want parliament to vote whether to approve the minutes of the three JBC meetings, reasoning that the Constitution Court had yet to decide whether they are agreements that require parliamentary approval.
A number of Democrat MPs led by Sirichoke Sopha earlier petitioned the Constitution Court for a ruling.
The court accepted the petition and agreed to consider it tomorrow, March 30. It is not known if the court will actually issue a ruling on Wednesday.
The other group wanted parliament to consider only an observation made by a committee led by Democrat list MP Charoen Khanthawong, not the minutes of the JBC meetings.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said it would not be appropriate for parliament to vote on the minutes of tthe hree JBC meetings while the Constitution Court had yet to make a ruling.
He asked parliament to acknowledge only the observation made by the committee led by Mr Charoen to show to Cambodia that Thailand insisted in solving problems through bilateral mechanisms.
The JBC is tasked to solve border dispute sbetween Thailand and Cambodia. It cannot proceed with any of its meetings as Cambodia demands Bangkok first clear up the legality of the meeting minutes under the Thai constitution.
The three minutes are records of JBC meetings in November 2008, February 2009 and April 2009.
The joint sitting of parliament to consider the minutes of three Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meetings was today adjourned to April 5 for lack of a quorum.
Parliament President Chai Chidchob ordered the adjournment after a quorum check found only 262 of the existing 554 parliamentarians were present. At least 277 are needed for a quorum.
Before the adjournment, members of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the joint sitting were split into two groups of different opinion.
The first group did not want parliament to vote whether to approve the minutes of the three JBC meetings, reasoning that the Constitution Court had yet to decide whether they are agreements that require parliamentary approval.
A number of Democrat MPs led by Sirichoke Sopha earlier petitioned the Constitution Court for a ruling.
The court accepted the petition and agreed to consider it tomorrow, March 30. It is not known if the court will actually issue a ruling on Wednesday.
The other group wanted parliament to consider only an observation made by a committee led by Democrat list MP Charoen Khanthawong, not the minutes of the JBC meetings.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said it would not be appropriate for parliament to vote on the minutes of tthe hree JBC meetings while the Constitution Court had yet to make a ruling.
He asked parliament to acknowledge only the observation made by the committee led by Mr Charoen to show to Cambodia that Thailand insisted in solving problems through bilateral mechanisms.
The JBC is tasked to solve border dispute sbetween Thailand and Cambodia. It cannot proceed with any of its meetings as Cambodia demands Bangkok first clear up the legality of the meeting minutes under the Thai constitution.
The three minutes are records of JBC meetings in November 2008, February 2009 and April 2009.
4 comments:
what is the problem with thailand so difficult to play by the rule may be thailand never play by the rule thailand is rule by barrel of the guns that why very difficult for thailand to follow the rules.
what is border dispute who had the dispute with who you steal somebody land when right owner take it back you say it a dispute anything you have to proof it what it really belong to you .
oh thailand only the map thailand drawn by itself.
that why thailand doesn't want third party to see it.
Every Thai sophomore law student with a good knowledge of history plus Thai current constitution will understand the unnecessary of the parliamentary ratification of these minutes meeting.
The reason is that Thai never lost any territory to anybody but she gained and greedily want to gain some more.(Yes Thai were indeed forced by French to return some STOLEN territory only).
And who can blame Thai about greed? After all Ananda Mahidol got murdered by his own younger greedier brother name Bhumibol AdulyaDeathj.
I want Thailand to take battambang province back, i'm Thai! My great great parent are Thai national...
9:16 AM,your thai government can't even maintain peace and order in down south provinces.
And when you going to take Dali in Yunan back? Some of you idiots made up story that your ancestors had built magnificent palaces and temples over there! But according to Chinese archeologists they found only ancient latrines which might belonged to the 500 thugs clan of yours great great great parent.
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