Govt trying to curb the checks and balances: Democrats

The Democrat Party has voiced suspicion that the government is moving to curb the system of checks and balances by limiting the mandate of the judiciary and independent organisations to counterbalance the executive power.

The Cabinet might have a hidden agenda in forming the Commission on the Rule of Law headed by Professor Ukrit Mongkolnavin, Democrat deputy spokesman Sakoltee Phattiyakol said on Wednesday.

"Ukrit's integrity as a legal scholar is not in question but the government's ulterior motive is being questioned," he said.

He said his main opposition party suspected that the Ukrit commission might be a pretext for the government to amend the charter in order to rein in the courts and independent organisations set up by organic laws.

The Nation