List of judges opposed to draft charter submitted
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Senior Supreme Court judge Sriamporn Salikup on Monday said he and Supreme Court judge Somchart Thanyawinitkul submitted the list of 2,079 judges and the second open letter opposing a key point in the draft charter to the Office of the Judiciary of Thaila
The judges are against a provision in the draft that would allow judges receiving disciplinary punishment by the Judicial Commission to appeal such decisions with the Administrative Court.
The list and open letter were submitted to Pattarasak Wannasang, secretary-general of the Office of Judiciary of Thailand, at 8.30 am Monday at the office of Courts of Justice.
The list and the letter were then handed to Payung Chusong, Superior Court judge at Pattaya Provincial Court to further propose to Constitution Drafting Committee Chairman Borwornsak Uwanno during the Committee's meeting on structure and authority of Court of Justice.
The meeting is being held at Asia Pattaya hotel in Pattaya, Chonburi. The list and the letter are expected to be handed within noon, Sriamporn told The Nation.
