Supreme Court to choose panel for Yingluck case
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The Supreme Court will today hold a meeting with all judges to select a nine-member panel to hear the case on the rice-pledging scheme against former PM Yingluck Shinawatra.
Thanarerk Nitiserani, chairman of the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders, said all 170 Supreme Court judges would get together to cast a secret vote to select nine judges for the panel.
Once the panel has been selected, Supreme Court secretary Theerathai Charoenwong will tell the press of the voting results and the name of the presiding judge. The list of names of the panel will be made public five days later so both plaintiffs and the defendant can say if they object to the selection.
Once the panel is set up, it will decide if the indictment against Yingluck is legitimate and if it should accept the case.
If the case is accepted, it will schedule the first hearing and send a notice to Yingluck to appear in court.
