Reds threaten to have charter court judges impeached, seek to block their wages
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Upset that the Constitutional Court judges have been ignoring demands for them to quit, the red shirts Wednesday threatened to launch an impeachment campaign and have the Budget Bureau stop paying their salaries.
Pongpisit Kongsena, a red-shirt leader who led a protest, said his group would lodge a complaint with the Budget Bureau to stop paying the salaries of the nine Constitutional Court judges and solicit 20,000 signatures from the public to file an impeachment complaint with National AntiCorruption Commission.
The red shirts vowed to continue protesting to pressure the judges to quit or have them find another way out. Wednesday was the third day of the protest.
“The judges have been ignoring our demand for them to stop working as they think this is only a symbolic protest. Thus, we are going to come up with a strategy to make them respond to our call,” Pongpisit said.
The red-shirt leaders took turns in making statements on the stage alternating with musical performances to entertain the protesters gathered outside the Constitutional Court.
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