Chai Chidchob, flanked by Cambodian National Assembly Chairman Heng Samrin to his left, visited Cambodia on 23rd July 2009.BANGKOK, April 1 (Bernama) -- An uphill task await the Thai-Cambodia Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meeting in Indonesia next week as Bangkok will attend the meeting without its three previous minutes that have yet to get green light from the Parliament.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said today the Parliament would not debate the minutes next Tuesday as planned earlier, just two days before the JBC meeting in Bogor, on April 7 and 8.
This was because House Speaker Chai Chidchob had to wait for official notification from the Constitution Court, declining to rule if the documents needed endorsement by the house, he told reporters, here.
The court on Wednesday decided to throw out a petition on whether the JBC minutes amount to international treaties under Section 190 of the Constitution that must be endorsed by Parliament.
It reasoned that the petition submission was not in line with the regulations of petitioning the court to give a final ruling on a particular dispute under Section 190 and 154 of the Constitution.
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The petition was submitted by a group of 80 Members of Parliament led by the ruling party Democrat MP for Songkhla Sirichoke Sopha.
The elected representatives'' argument was, since the minutes were signed by both Thai and Cambodian officers, they should be regarded as an international treaty under Section 190 of the Constitution.
Under the Thai Constitution, all international treaties must be endorsed by Parliament. Abhisit said Bangkok would attend the JBC meeting in Indonesia on April 7 and 8 as planned.
"We will proceed with the meeting," he said. Phnom Penh had stated its position in the past that the JBC was facing difficulties to move forward as the Thai Parliament has yet to approve the three previous minutes of the JBC meetings in 2008 and 2009, held between both countries on border demarcation.
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The border dispute involved both nations claiming an area of 4.6sq km, surrounding the 1,000-year-old Preah Vihear Hindu Temple, as the area has yet to be demarcated, including access routes to the temple.
The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the temple was located in Cambodia, and it was listed as a world heritage site by Unesco in 2008.
Four clashes were reported at the border since – July 15, 2008, a week after the inscription of the temple on the world heritage site on July 8, 2008, October 2008, April 3, 2009 and the latest on February 4 this year.
The Thai-Cambodia JBC is an important mechanism used by both countries for border demarcation efforts based on the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2000.
Thai multi-colour pressure groups are against the approval of the matter as they claim Thailand would lose its territory, and also tantamount to the Thai Parliament admitting that Thai soldiers had encroached on the Cambodian territory as detailed in the minutes.
Abhisit had mentioned that the Parliament''s endorsement would not cause the country to lose any territory to Cambodia.
At the height of the recent border tension, both nations referred their case to the United Nations Security Council while Asean extended its hand in facilitating efforts to reduce tension, including shifting the meeting venue to a third country which was agreed upon by Bangkok and Phnom Penh.
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JM JRL
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said today the Parliament would not debate the minutes next Tuesday as planned earlier, just two days before the JBC meeting in Bogor, on April 7 and 8.
This was because House Speaker Chai Chidchob had to wait for official notification from the Constitution Court, declining to rule if the documents needed endorsement by the house, he told reporters, here.
The court on Wednesday decided to throw out a petition on whether the JBC minutes amount to international treaties under Section 190 of the Constitution that must be endorsed by Parliament.
It reasoned that the petition submission was not in line with the regulations of petitioning the court to give a final ruling on a particular dispute under Section 190 and 154 of the Constitution.
-- MORE
THAILAND-JBC 2 BANGKOK
The petition was submitted by a group of 80 Members of Parliament led by the ruling party Democrat MP for Songkhla Sirichoke Sopha.
The elected representatives'' argument was, since the minutes were signed by both Thai and Cambodian officers, they should be regarded as an international treaty under Section 190 of the Constitution.
Under the Thai Constitution, all international treaties must be endorsed by Parliament. Abhisit said Bangkok would attend the JBC meeting in Indonesia on April 7 and 8 as planned.
"We will proceed with the meeting," he said. Phnom Penh had stated its position in the past that the JBC was facing difficulties to move forward as the Thai Parliament has yet to approve the three previous minutes of the JBC meetings in 2008 and 2009, held between both countries on border demarcation.
-- MORE
THAILAND-JBC 3 (LAST) BANGKOK
The border dispute involved both nations claiming an area of 4.6sq km, surrounding the 1,000-year-old Preah Vihear Hindu Temple, as the area has yet to be demarcated, including access routes to the temple.
The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the temple was located in Cambodia, and it was listed as a world heritage site by Unesco in 2008.
Four clashes were reported at the border since – July 15, 2008, a week after the inscription of the temple on the world heritage site on July 8, 2008, October 2008, April 3, 2009 and the latest on February 4 this year.
The Thai-Cambodia JBC is an important mechanism used by both countries for border demarcation efforts based on the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2000.
Thai multi-colour pressure groups are against the approval of the matter as they claim Thailand would lose its territory, and also tantamount to the Thai Parliament admitting that Thai soldiers had encroached on the Cambodian territory as detailed in the minutes.
Abhisit had mentioned that the Parliament''s endorsement would not cause the country to lose any territory to Cambodia.
At the height of the recent border tension, both nations referred their case to the United Nations Security Council while Asean extended its hand in facilitating efforts to reduce tension, including shifting the meeting venue to a third country which was agreed upon by Bangkok and Phnom Penh.
--BERNAMA
JM JRL
1 comment:
NO, NO UPHILL TASK ONLY FOR CAMBODIA, NOT THE THIAS. REMEMBER, THAILAND IS THE INVADER, AND THEY PLAY THEIR TRICKS AS LONG AS THEY CAN, UNTIL CAMBODIA EXHAUSTED AND GIVE UP THEIR TERRITORIES.
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