cavanami Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Justice...Thai style... Thailand sets impeachment vote date for former MPs http://news.yahoo.com/thailand-sets-impeachment-vote-date-former-mps-130208447.html Thailand's junta-picked parliament Thursday said it will vote next week on the impeachment of 248 ex-lawmakers, the majority from the ousted ruling party of Yingluck Shinawatra, in a move that could decimate her family's political base. The former MPs face a five-year ban from politics if the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) votes in favour of impeachment on 14 August, threatening to remove more key allies of the Shinawatra clan whose parties have swept every election since 2001. The ex-lawmakers are accused of supporting an amendment to the country's charter aimed at making the upper house a fully elected chamber that was later deemed unconstitutional. If impeached they would follow in the footsteps of Yingluck, who fell foul of the NLA in January over a separate issue. "The assembly has finished hearing the case against the former MPs" and will vote next Friday, NLA speaker Jetn Siritharanont told AFP. A successful impeachment requires 132 out of 220 assembly members to vote in favour, he added. Thailand's generals say their May 2014 coup was necessary to restore order after months of often violent anti-Yingluck protests paralysed Bangkok. But critics say it was the latest attempt to claw back power from the Shinawatras for the kingdom's elites and their supporters in the military and judiciary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 They are really drawing this whole thing out... If only they could make it quick, like pulling off a band-aid, then declare a fifteen-year period before elections, and get on with things! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Stupid is as stupid does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasathai1 Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 They are really drawing this whole thing out... If only they could make it quick, like pulling off a band-aid, then declare a fifteen-year period before elections, and get on with things! they give them lots of time to transfer assets and leave for better places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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