Preah Vihear (Photo by Jetjaras Na Ranong)
Published: 12/04/2011
Bangkok Post
The cabinet on Tuesday resolved to withdraw the minutes of three Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meetings from the parliament, an informed Government House source said.
The government forwarded the minutes of the three JBC meetings to parliament, believing that they needed to be approved by a joint sitting of the House of Representatives and the Senate under Section 190 of the constitution.
Parliament held several meetings - amid protests by the People's Alliance for Democracy - to consider the JBC minutes but the lawmakers were reluctant to endorse them for fear that they might be seens as paving the way for loss of sovereignty over disputed territory on the border with Cambodia.
A number of government MPs sought a ruling from the Constitution Court on the status of the JBC minutes.
The Constitution Court, however, threw out their request, reasoning that the submission of the petition was outside the regulations governing the petitioning of the court to give a final ruling on a particular dispute under Sections 190 and 154 of the constitution.
The court said more steps were needed in parliament before a request could be made for the court to give a final ruling on the JBC minutes.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva consulted the cabinet over this matter.
Tourism and Sports Minister Chumpol Silpa-archa of the Chart Thai Pattana Party proposed that the three JBC minutes be withdrawn from parliament.
He said that in doing this only two people stood to lose face - the prime minister and Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya.
The sources said the cabinet took a long time to debate this matter.
The cabinet resolved that the government whips should withdraw the JBC minutes from parliament and inform the Foreign Ministry of the resolution, even though this could put the govenrment in an awkward position.
Thailand and Cambodia have been at loggerheads over their boundary dispute, notably around the Preah Vihear Temple where the area has not yet been demarcated.
Bangkok Post
The cabinet on Tuesday resolved to withdraw the minutes of three Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meetings from the parliament, an informed Government House source said.
The government forwarded the minutes of the three JBC meetings to parliament, believing that they needed to be approved by a joint sitting of the House of Representatives and the Senate under Section 190 of the constitution.
Parliament held several meetings - amid protests by the People's Alliance for Democracy - to consider the JBC minutes but the lawmakers were reluctant to endorse them for fear that they might be seens as paving the way for loss of sovereignty over disputed territory on the border with Cambodia.
A number of government MPs sought a ruling from the Constitution Court on the status of the JBC minutes.
The Constitution Court, however, threw out their request, reasoning that the submission of the petition was outside the regulations governing the petitioning of the court to give a final ruling on a particular dispute under Sections 190 and 154 of the constitution.
The court said more steps were needed in parliament before a request could be made for the court to give a final ruling on the JBC minutes.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva consulted the cabinet over this matter.
Tourism and Sports Minister Chumpol Silpa-archa of the Chart Thai Pattana Party proposed that the three JBC minutes be withdrawn from parliament.
He said that in doing this only two people stood to lose face - the prime minister and Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya.
The sources said the cabinet took a long time to debate this matter.
The cabinet resolved that the government whips should withdraw the JBC minutes from parliament and inform the Foreign Ministry of the resolution, even though this could put the govenrment in an awkward position.
Thailand and Cambodia have been at loggerheads over their boundary dispute, notably around the Preah Vihear Temple where the area has not yet been demarcated.
3 comments:
As expected who ever in-charge the same thing don't dream that thaksin come back will make life easy for khmer that how the way of thailand work .
THIS IS SO PATHETIC FOR US, CAMBODIAN PEOPLE, GOVERNMENT, AND A COUNTRY AS A WHOLE. EVERYDAY, OUR NEWS MEDIA POSTED, ANALYZED, PRINTED, AND REPRINTED OF THE THAI'S NEWS AND SO MUCH ELABORATION OF THE THAI'S GOVERNMENT AND THEIR LEGISLATURES PROCEEDING AND DEBATING AMONG THEMSELVES ONLY FOR THE INTERESTS OF THEIR PEOPLE AND COUNTRY IN THE MATTER RELATED TO THE BORDER WITH US.
REMEMBER, THE THAIS EMBRACED THE AMERICAN SYSTEM IN POLITIC AND LEGISLATING THE LAWS, THE U.S. IS THEIR MASTER, AND THEY DID VERY INTELLIGENTLY AND VERY METICULOUSLY. I WISH MY GOVERNMENT IS AS INTELLIGENT AS THE THAIS, AND I ALSO WISH THAT THE CAMBODIAN'S NEWS MEDIA ORGANIZATION AS LITERATE AS THE THAIS.
WHERE ARE THE NEWS ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT'S DEBATES AND LEGISLATING PROCESS AND DISCUSSION AMONG OUR LEGISLATURES FOR THE INTERESTS OF OUR COUNTRY?
WHY ARE WE CONTINUING TO ANALYZING OTHER COUNTRY LAWS AND INTERESTS?
ARE WE THAT IGNORANCE AND STUPID?
See I told you not to get hooked to the keyboard and type something without take your med first.As to
Khmerization, you got me hooked so badly to your damn good blog.
May be we all should take heed from 4:33 AM and talk more about our congressional leaders, culture,language and our sex life.I can't remember when was my last time I reach out for my lady and where,where I misplace my virginity which I still looking for it since then.
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