Thida's speech justifying impeachment against judges
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Reds chairwoman Thida Thawornseth on Thursday's afternoon delivered a passionate speech to kickstart the rally at Parliament aiming to impeach Constitution Court judges.
“A round of applause for the people today for refusing to bow down to extraconstitutional power, be it tanks, bullets or the scales of justice,” she said in a punchline concluding her speech.
Thida said the red shirts deemed it necessary to rally because of an uprecedented move to stage a coup not by the military but by the Constitution Court.
She said the high court was a disgrace to the judiciary and a disappointment to the people because the judges were trying to invoke the law against, instead of for the people.
The high court had intepreted the charter provisions without any justifications with the aim to usurp power, a form of the judiciary coup, she said, in reference to the court order to suspend the passage of the charter change bill.
She said today’s rally was actually a way for the people to come out and protect the judicial integrity.
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