Jatuporn denied right to vote

Published: 28/06/2011 at 06:48 PM
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The Criminal Court on Tuesday turned down an application to allow Jatuporn Prompan to temporarily leave the prison to vote on July 3.

The petition was submitted earlier today by United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) lawyer Winyat Chartmontree.

Mr Jatuporn, the No 8 Pheu Thai party list candidate, is being detained at the Bangkok Remand Prison on charges of terrorism in connection with last year's violent UDD protests. His bail was revoked after he addressed a red-shirt meeting in Bangkok. The court ruled his comments breached bail conditions.

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ricefield
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Discussion 19 : 29/06/2011 at 08:48 AM19
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Disc 17 - 2 hours likely more like 2 days.
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Discussion 18 : 29/06/2011 at 08:37 AM18
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"The law denies people in prison the right to vote. A person who cannot vote cannot be sworn in as an MP."
Fact, deal with it. You want to change a law at the last moment?
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Discussion 17 : 29/06/2011 at 06:22 AM17
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D12: Khun geoffo, still not a lawyer but Mr. john's comment, that quotes the constitution, seems to indicate the court may have overlooked some imprtant legal principles. My guess is khun ricefield is right on that it's all related to political publicity and probably Khun Jutaporn will turn this into a two hour denunciation of the injustice he suffered at the hands of a Democratic court.
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Discussion 16 : 29/06/2011 at 04:50 AM16
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Discussion 11 - Canada, US, Britain to get your list started. They don't let convicts out but do allow them to vote.

It's all just PR anyway because all Jatiporn has to do is have someone notify the EC on his behalf why he did not vote. It's all in the Electoral Law. Exactly what to do if you can't or haven't voted. Much ado about nothing in reality. He has 60 days to inform the EC.
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Discussion 15 : 29/06/2011 at 03:56 AM15
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no double standards again? The court said today that the charges against Mr Jatuporn are serious and there is sufficient reason to believe that he could again cause unrest in the country if allowed out of prison to vote.

this is not politics, this is judicial law , that jatuporn has flaunted, and used against the judicial system (the Law) not politics.i say 555 he fought the law ands the law won.
he and verra chould share a cell
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Discussion 14 : 29/06/2011 at 03:09 AM14
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We would not be having this discussion if Thailand's Justice System would crank into life and bring cases to trial instead of pursuing a defacto emergency detention without trial program. Whatever one's views are about the Person in question, under International norms He should have been brought to justice after one year having passed since the alleged offence. Also under International norms this Person is currently presumed innocent. The complication here is that once someone is elected to political Office, years can go by with a diminishing possibility to pursue the course of justice.
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Discussion 13 : 29/06/2011 at 01:10 AM13
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This is good news. Now how about all the other loose cannons?
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Discussion 12 : 28/06/2011 at 10:56 PM12
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d4 Sirron. The article states all people in prison lose the right to vote and I imagine that includes those on remand awaiting trial.

D2 Garabaldi. I may be wrong but I imagine this could be an old law and I agree it needs amending but if it is old law then Thaksin was also not concerned about it.

In my view I think Jatu broke his bail conditions knowingly thinking he could bluster his way out once again so he is fully responsible for his own predicament.
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Discussion 11 : 28/06/2011 at 09:55 PM11
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Disc#2. I don’t know of any country in the world that allows prisoners out of jail to vote nor allow them to vote while in jail. Voting is a privilege.
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Discussion 10 : 28/06/2011 at 09:35 PM10
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Great news.
Jatuporn played his hand and lost. For so long he abused the privilege of immunity for MPs (which is a ridiculous law).
He banked on being elected again and staying out of prison again using the same rule.
It seems he miscalculated and might well do real time for incitement to riot and arson. Now THAT would be real justice.
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