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	Pimol said the meeting had discussed the group of 24 appointed senators petitioning Senate Speaker Nikom Wairatpanij to examine whether the appointment of Prime Minister&rsquo;s Office Minister Varathep Ratanakorn is in violation of Section 174 (5) of the charter.</div>
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	Section 174 (5) states that a minister must not have been sentenced to prison and not appointed before five years of serving the sentence, unless the crime is due to carelessness.</div>
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