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Court nullifies Cabinet resolution on Thai-Cambodian joint communiqué
BANGKOK, Dec 30 (TNA) – A Thai court has ruled to revoke the Cabinet’s resolution endorsing the joint communiqué of Cambodia and Thailand to back Phnom Penh’s bid to list the ancient 11th century Preah Vihear Khmer temple complex as a United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage Site.
The Central Administrative Court nullified the Cabinet’s resolution of June 17, 2008 during the administration of the late Samak Sundaravej approving Thailand endorsing the joint communiqué by then foreign minister Noppadon Pattama and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An.
The joint declaration was signed on June 18, one day after the Samak administration gave it the green light.
The Thai court on Wednesday also ordered an injunction to temporarily put on hold all activities authorised by the then Cabinet’s resolution until the end of the case.
Nitithorn Lamlua, a lawyer from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) earlier petitioned the Central Administrative Court against then foreign minister Noppadon Pattama for signing the joint communiqué without approval from Parliament as required by Article 190 of the 2007 Constitution.
The Central Administrative Court ruled that the communiqué was a form of agreement involving Thailand's boundary and that there it required prior approval from Parliament.
The government of former prime minister Samak attempted to bypass Parliament and approve an MOU without referring it to the Council of State.
After the court ruling, Mr Niitithorn said the verdict indicated that the process to endorse the signing of the communiqué was not in accordance with the law and the petitioners will file a complaint to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). (TNA)
The Central Administrative Court nullified the Cabinet’s resolution of June 17, 2008 during the administration of the late Samak Sundaravej approving Thailand endorsing the joint communiqué by then foreign minister Noppadon Pattama and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An.
The joint declaration was signed on June 18, one day after the Samak administration gave it the green light.
The Thai court on Wednesday also ordered an injunction to temporarily put on hold all activities authorised by the then Cabinet’s resolution until the end of the case.
Nitithorn Lamlua, a lawyer from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) earlier petitioned the Central Administrative Court against then foreign minister Noppadon Pattama for signing the joint communiqué without approval from Parliament as required by Article 190 of the 2007 Constitution.
The Central Administrative Court ruled that the communiqué was a form of agreement involving Thailand's boundary and that there it required prior approval from Parliament.
The government of former prime minister Samak attempted to bypass Parliament and approve an MOU without referring it to the Council of State.
After the court ruling, Mr Niitithorn said the verdict indicated that the process to endorse the signing of the communiqué was not in accordance with the law and the petitioners will file a complaint to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). (TNA)
