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Government never asked if joint document is pact, says council member
BANGKOK, July 11 (TNA) – Former chairman of the National Legislative Assembly Meechai Ruchupan on Thursday revealed that the government had never asked the Council of State whether the joint document backingCambodia's bid to list the long-disputed Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage site qualified formally as a written agreement, pact or treaty.
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that the joint communique must be regarded as an international treaty under the charter's Article 190 and needed parliamentary endorsement prior to any signing by anyrepresentative of the Thai government.
The government had earlier insisted the joint communique was issued after careful discussions with military commanders and concerned seniorofficials of the Foreign Ministry as well as with the Council of State.
It claimed that the council affirmed that the joint document is not regarded formally as a written agreement under Article 190 of theConstitution.
However, Mr. Meechai, who is a council member, said the council had nevergiven such an affirmation to the government.
Actually, he said, the government had not asked the council whether thejoint statement qualified as a written agreement.
The council gave some suggestions to the government, Mr. Meechai admitted,but he is not in a position to reveal just what the council had suggested.
Instead, he advised that the question should be raised with the council's secretary-general, who has the duty to clarify actions in which the council if involved, Mr. Meechai said. (TNA)-E005
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that the joint communique must be regarded as an international treaty under the charter's Article 190 and needed parliamentary endorsement prior to any signing by anyrepresentative of the Thai government.
The government had earlier insisted the joint communique was issued after careful discussions with military commanders and concerned seniorofficials of the Foreign Ministry as well as with the Council of State.
It claimed that the council affirmed that the joint document is not regarded formally as a written agreement under Article 190 of theConstitution.
However, Mr. Meechai, who is a council member, said the council had nevergiven such an affirmation to the government.
Actually, he said, the government had not asked the council whether thejoint statement qualified as a written agreement.
The council gave some suggestions to the government, Mr. Meechai admitted,but he is not in a position to reveal just what the council had suggested.
Instead, he advised that the question should be raised with the council's secretary-general, who has the duty to clarify actions in which the council if involved, Mr. Meechai said. (TNA)-E005
