'OAG is non-partisan'

Attorney-General Julasing Wasantsing spoke at a press conference to mark the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the office of public prosecutors as part of the Thai judicial system. He said the Office of the Attorney-General was an independent agency sanctioned by the Constitution and public prosecutors worked with independence and non-partisanship.

He said all decisions were based on the rule of law, not on public sentiment, and public prosecutors would not practise double standards.

Julasing’s press conference happened to be on the same day as the start of the charter-amendment debate in Parliament. A proposed change to Article 68 would require that petitions to the Constitution Court be filed through the Office of the Attorney-General.

Opposition MPs voiced concern that public prosecutors would side with the government and would not pass on complaints against the administration.

“I insist that during my more than three years in office, public prosecutors have been working with fairness and transparency. They do not side with political parties,” Julasing said. He said his office would set up a new division to deal with cases related to the violence in the South.