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Sixty-eight senators led by Kamnoon Sithisamarn on Tuesday submitted a request to Senate Speaker Teeradej Meepien asking him to seek the Constitution Court's ruling on the legality of an executive decree shifting 1.14 trillion baht in debt from the 1997 economic crisis to the Financial Institutions Development Fund.
Mr Kamnoon said the executive decree might be in violation of Section 184 of the constitution because the debt transfer was not urgent.
Gen Teeradej said the Senate would spend three days verifying the petition before forwarding it to the Constitution Court.
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Discussion 2 : 31/01/2012 at 09:04 PM2
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Of course it's urgent for the fugitive and his government to get their hands on as much as possible of our money.
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Discussion 1 : 31/01/2012 at 04:49 PM1
The 68 senators must explain clearly why the the debt transfer was not urgent. How the government has cited a false urgency to justify the decree. Is interpreting an emergency situation the responsibility of the executive or the Constitutional court?
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