Chalerm: No worries about 2 decrees

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Chalerm: No worries about 2 decrees

Published: 8/02/2012 at 12:40 PM
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The government does not have to take responsibility if the Constitution Court rules that two financial executive decrees it has issued are unconstitutional, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said on Wednesday.

One of the decrees allows the government to seek 350 billion baht in loans for water management programmes and flood rehabilitation and restoration, and the other allows the Finance Ministry to transfer 1.14 trillion baht in debt from the 1997 financial crisis to the Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF) which is under the Bank of Thailand.

The Constitution Court has accepted petitions filed by 128 Democrat MPs and a number of senators for it to rule on the constitutionality of the two decrees.

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whatajoke
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Discussion 6 : 09/02/2012 at 12:39 PM6
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It will be described as an ' honest mistake' - a committee will be appointed to look into it, the prime minister might even deny having any knowledge of it.
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Discussion 5 : 08/02/2012 at 08:59 PM5
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Who is going to be responsible beside the current government ??? The Thai public, I supposed !
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Discussion 4 : 08/02/2012 at 03:25 PM4
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If the Gov had plan B ready it begs the question why they tried the back door plan in the first place.

Did Dubai blunder because that was how things were done in the old days. Is Dubai that out of touch.
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Discussion 3 : 08/02/2012 at 03:14 PM3
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"There is no tradition or law requiring the government to show any responsibility." That has to be the best statement to ever come out of his mouth. Unfortunately, it isn't just the government that thinks they don't have to accept responsibility for their actions.
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Discussion 2 : 08/02/2012 at 03:04 PM2
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"There is no tradition or law requiring the government to show any responsibility." Ah, the goverment showes how it feels about the people of Thailand. Pure red shirt thinking.
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Discussion 1 : 08/02/2012 at 01:38 PM1
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Hey, the DEM and constituional judges, if BP report is accurate, Charlem is giving you the ammunitions to block the government post flood projects through executive decrees. Why didn't the government propose the two decrees as ordinary bills for the House of Representatives to approve in three straight readings. Is the interpretation of a matter/situation urgent/emergency the responsibility of the executive?
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