Pita petition decision on Aug 3
published : 27 Jul 2023 at 11:36
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
The Constitutional Court will consider next Thursday whether it will accept for deliberation a petition regarding the renomination of Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat as prime minister, a source said.
The Ombudsman early this week asked the court to rule on Mr Pita's renomination rejection and to order parliament to postpone the next prime ministerial vote.
According to the Ombudsman, several complaints from both the public and members of parliament were made after MPs and senators rejected Mr Pita's renomination last week.
They claimed the rejection contravened the charter, and the Ombudsman decided to seek a judicial review and ask the court to postpone the prime ministerial vote to prevent any damage that would be difficult to fix.
However, another vote originally scheduled to take place today was postponed by parliament president Wan Muhamad Noor Matha pending the court's ruling.
Mr Wan said on Wednesday his decision to postpone the vote had nothing to do with Pheu Thai's attempt to secure support in parliament for one of its three prime ministerial candidates.
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Vocabulary
- candidate: a person who is trying to be elected - ผู้สมัครรับเลือกตั้ง
- charter: a constitution - รัฐธรรมนูญ
- contravene: to do something that is not allowed by a rule, law, or agreement - ฝ่าฝืน
- judicial: relating to the courts of law - ในชั้นศาล
- nominate: to formally propose or suggest something - เสนอ
- ombudsman: an official whose job is to examine and report on complaints made by ordinary people about companies, the government or public authorities - ผู้ตรวจการของรัฐสภา
- pending: waiting to be dealt with, settled or completed - ยังค้างอยู่, ซึ่งยังไม่จบสิ้น, อยู่ในระหว่าง
- petition: a document signed by a large number of people demanding or requesting some action from the government or another authority - การถวายฎีกา,การร้องเรียน
- renomimation: to nominate someone or something again -
- rule: (of a court or other group with similar authority) to make and announce a decision - ตัดสิน, พิพากษา, ชี้ขาด
- ruling (noun): a judgement; a decision by a court of law - คำตัดสิน คำชี้ขาด
- senator: a member of the Senate - วุฒิสมาชิก
