Coalition to defy court order on bill deliberation: chief govt whip
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The chief government whip Wednesday insisted that the coalition and senators would press ahead with the deliberation of a bill seeks to amend Article 68 even if the Constitution issues an injunction to suspend the deliberation.
Chief government whip Amnuay Klungpha was referring to a petition filed by Senator Somchai Sawaengkarn with the Constitution Court against amendment to Article 68. Somchai asked the court to issue an injunction against the deliberation of the amendment bill, whose first reading began on Monday.
Amnuay insisted that parliamentarians had authority to deliberate the amendment bill.
“Even if the Constitution Court decides to proceed with the judicial review of the petition or issues an injunction to suspend the deliberation, we, parliamentarians, must insist on out duty to go on deliberating the bill I the first reading,” Amnuay said.
The Nation
