Prosecution review on charter change due Thursday
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The Office of the Attorney General is expected on Thursday to review and issue a prosecution order in connection with the legality of the charter change bill, OAG spokesman Winai Damrongmongkolkul said on Tuesday.
“The OAG will not comment on the Constution Court’s discretion to launch an inquiry and issue an injunction on the case,” he said.
Winai said the five complaints, filed at the high court and formed a basis for the judicial inquiry, were also lodged at the OAG.
Even though the high court had already ruled to look into the complaints, the OAG would separately decide whether the case would merit prosecution, he said.
The prosecution review would focus on whether the charter change bill had complied with Article 291 of the Constitution, the main clause specifying the charter rewriting process, he said.
Opponents of charter change contend that the bill is unconstitutional because it does not seek to amend the charter as per Article 291 but to write a new charter. This has triggnered the allegation about discarding the charter in order to introduce a new political system.
