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Supreme Court gets a bad name

Published: 22 Jan 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

When the first building of the Supreme Court was built in 1939, Thailand had every right to be proud.

The progress of demolition work at the old SupremeCourt buildings in SanamLuang. SITHIKORN WONGWUDTHIANUN

The structure in a plain, white design according to the modern architectural style was to mark the country's judicial sovereignty.

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Discussion 2 : 22 Jan 2013 at 08.282
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Which minister and which ministry holds the budget for the Supreme Court and this work? That is who you should be talking to as annual budgets are subject to Cabinet and Parliamentary approval (unless this is another off budget approval). The minister responsible could stop this work if he chose, and require it to go though another round of justification, impact studies etc
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Discussion 1 : 22 Jan 2013 at 03.011
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Unfortunately, the Supreme Court doesn't seem to care about history - they prefer it to just fade away from people's memories.
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