Senators send petition on rice deals to court
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The Constitution Court has accepted a petition from 67 senators asking it to examine whether the government-to-government rice trade undertaken by the Yingluck Shinawatra administration violated the charter.
Senate Speaker Nikom Vairatpanich submitted the petition to Constitution Court President Vasant Sroipisuth via the Senate Secretariat. The 7.32-million-tonne G2G deals may violate Paragraph 2 of Section 190 of the charter, which states that any treaties that could affect national sovereignty must be approved by Parliament.
Court spokesman Pimol Thammapitakpong said the court would first consider the validity of the petition. If it is valid, judges will be appointed to handle the case, he said.
