Constitution Court rejects petition against rice-pledging scheme
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The Constitution Court Monday rejected a petition calling for the cancellation of the rice-pledging scheme filed by 146 students of National Institute Development Administration (NIDA) and Thammasat University.
Constitution Court spokesman Pimol Thammapitakpong said the NIDA and Thammasat University student had to indicate in their petition which Articles of the Constitution they have taken recourse in seeking the Constitution Court ruling, then they can resubmit its petition.
The group have filed the petition accusing the government of violating Article 43 and 81 (1) of the Constitution by interfering the market mechanism with the price intervention and disrupting the free market with monopoly. Under the government’s rice pledging scheme, farmers are given Bt15,000-Bt20,000 per tonne of rice depending on its quality, which is higher than the market prices.
The Nation
