Bangkok Post REPORTERS and AGENCIES
The Constitution Court yesterday accepted for consideration two separate petitions seeking a ruling on the constitutionality of the joint communique with Cambodia on the proposed listing of the Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage site.
Court secretary-general Paiboon Varahapaitoon said the court decided to combine the two petitions in one as both asked it to rule on whether or not the joint declaration signed on June 18 was equivalent to an agreement or a treaty under the charter's Article 190.
Article 190 requires any deals or treaties which affect the social and economic benefits of Thailand as well as the integrity of Thai borders to be subject to parliamentary scrutiny before their signing.
He said the court also summoned Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama, who signed the joint communique on behalf of the Thai government, to testify today at 9 am.
''If he fails to show up, the judges will deliberate the matter and if there is adequate information it may issue a ruling,'' Mr Paiboon said.
The first petition, signed by 22 senators, was submitted last Monday by Senate Speaker Prasopsuk Boondej while the other, signed by 151 MPs, was lodged on Tuesday by House Speaker Chai Chidchob.
As soon as the court agrees to make a ruling on the joint declaration, the government must halt all related activities until the verdict.
Vimolphun Peetathawatchai, who signed a petition against Cambodia's proposed listing of the Preah Vihear temple, yesterday called on Sheldon Shaeffer, director of the Unesco office in Bangkok, to resign after he referred to a wrong date in his letter to the Senate foreign relations committee.
She was upset that Mr Shaeffer came out to clarify the matter only after being summoned by Mr Noppadon to back him up in his protest over the date the communique was signed.
Following the meeting with the minister, the Unesco director said that the July 1 letter addressed to appointed senator M.R. Priyanandana Rangsit should have made reference to June 18, not May 22.
Mr Shaeffer said he had referred to an original agreement that was an informal document pending the Samak Sundaravej cabinet's approval in June.
''The fact I wrote to the chairwoman of the Senate foreign affairs committee was based on the information I have from Paris (May 22). So the original agreement that I referred to on May 22 was an informal document clearly pending cabinet approval in June,'' he said after being summoned.
Ms Vimolphun, however, said that as Unesco director, Mr Shaeffer should have been more careful because the matter was highly sensitive.
''But if he acts upon the request of the minister, he should also say so,'' she said.
Mr Noppadon said yesterday the May 22 date was ''an initial document'' between him and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An when they and Unesco officials held talks to sort out their differences over the boundaries of the temple.
The communique was officially approved by the cabinet on June 17 and the formal signing came one day later.
''I signed on that document with wording that 'pending cabinet approval' in order to prevent change of its content as it would not have any force before getting approval from the cabinet. There is no hidden agenda with this issue,'' said Mr Noppadon.
The minister said Unesco headquarters in Paris has already learnt of the Thai position that it cannot support Cambodia's bid to list Preah Vihear.
Mr Noppadon is leaving tomorrow for Quebec to withdraw Thailand's support for Cambodia when the World Heritage Committee considers 47 sites proposed for World Heritage status during a nine-day meeting starting Wednesday and ending July 10.
The result of the Preah Vihear case is expected on Sunday .
He said he and Prime Minister Samak have asked Thai ambassador in Phnom Penh Viraphand Vacharathit to evaluate the situation closely and the Cambodian government to step up security at the Thai embassy.
''I hope there will be no serious situation which might affect the good relationship between Thailand and Cambodia,'' said Mr Noppadon.
In Phnom Penh, government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said the Cambodian government would not tolerate ''anti-government elements'' making the temple a political issue and would not permit a proposed march on the Thai embassy.
He was responding to an announcement by the little-known Society, Morality and National Culture Institute that it was lobbying for permission to stage a 3,000-strong rally around the Thai embassy.
Cambodia ordered extra police protection for the Thai embassy yesterday fearing the potential for violence.
Phnom Penh police chief Touch Narath said he had posted the extra security after a request by protesters to rally outside the embassy, which was torched by a mob in 2003.
Court secretary-general Paiboon Varahapaitoon said the court decided to combine the two petitions in one as both asked it to rule on whether or not the joint declaration signed on June 18 was equivalent to an agreement or a treaty under the charter's Article 190.
Article 190 requires any deals or treaties which affect the social and economic benefits of Thailand as well as the integrity of Thai borders to be subject to parliamentary scrutiny before their signing.
He said the court also summoned Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama, who signed the joint communique on behalf of the Thai government, to testify today at 9 am.
''If he fails to show up, the judges will deliberate the matter and if there is adequate information it may issue a ruling,'' Mr Paiboon said.
The first petition, signed by 22 senators, was submitted last Monday by Senate Speaker Prasopsuk Boondej while the other, signed by 151 MPs, was lodged on Tuesday by House Speaker Chai Chidchob.
As soon as the court agrees to make a ruling on the joint declaration, the government must halt all related activities until the verdict.
Vimolphun Peetathawatchai, who signed a petition against Cambodia's proposed listing of the Preah Vihear temple, yesterday called on Sheldon Shaeffer, director of the Unesco office in Bangkok, to resign after he referred to a wrong date in his letter to the Senate foreign relations committee.
She was upset that Mr Shaeffer came out to clarify the matter only after being summoned by Mr Noppadon to back him up in his protest over the date the communique was signed.
Following the meeting with the minister, the Unesco director said that the July 1 letter addressed to appointed senator M.R. Priyanandana Rangsit should have made reference to June 18, not May 22.
Mr Shaeffer said he had referred to an original agreement that was an informal document pending the Samak Sundaravej cabinet's approval in June.
''The fact I wrote to the chairwoman of the Senate foreign affairs committee was based on the information I have from Paris (May 22). So the original agreement that I referred to on May 22 was an informal document clearly pending cabinet approval in June,'' he said after being summoned.
Ms Vimolphun, however, said that as Unesco director, Mr Shaeffer should have been more careful because the matter was highly sensitive.
''But if he acts upon the request of the minister, he should also say so,'' she said.
Mr Noppadon said yesterday the May 22 date was ''an initial document'' between him and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An when they and Unesco officials held talks to sort out their differences over the boundaries of the temple.
The communique was officially approved by the cabinet on June 17 and the formal signing came one day later.
''I signed on that document with wording that 'pending cabinet approval' in order to prevent change of its content as it would not have any force before getting approval from the cabinet. There is no hidden agenda with this issue,'' said Mr Noppadon.
The minister said Unesco headquarters in Paris has already learnt of the Thai position that it cannot support Cambodia's bid to list Preah Vihear.
Mr Noppadon is leaving tomorrow for Quebec to withdraw Thailand's support for Cambodia when the World Heritage Committee considers 47 sites proposed for World Heritage status during a nine-day meeting starting Wednesday and ending July 10.
The result of the Preah Vihear case is expected on Sunday .
He said he and Prime Minister Samak have asked Thai ambassador in Phnom Penh Viraphand Vacharathit to evaluate the situation closely and the Cambodian government to step up security at the Thai embassy.
''I hope there will be no serious situation which might affect the good relationship between Thailand and Cambodia,'' said Mr Noppadon.
In Phnom Penh, government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said the Cambodian government would not tolerate ''anti-government elements'' making the temple a political issue and would not permit a proposed march on the Thai embassy.
He was responding to an announcement by the little-known Society, Morality and National Culture Institute that it was lobbying for permission to stage a 3,000-strong rally around the Thai embassy.
Cambodia ordered extra police protection for the Thai embassy yesterday fearing the potential for violence.
Phnom Penh police chief Touch Narath said he had posted the extra security after a request by protesters to rally outside the embassy, which was torched by a mob in 2003.
19 comments:
FUCKING AH SIAM , THIS IS REALY ANNOYING tO HEAR ALL THE BULL SHIT ABOUT THEIR COURT , THEIR GOVERMENT APPROVAL ON KHMER PROPERTY .
SCREW YOU SIAM , Preah Vihear BELONG TO KHMER WE CAN DO WHAT EVER WE WANT , WE DON'T NEED YOUR APPROVE SHIT.
Fucking Thai. The temple and the land is us - Cambodia.
STOP INVADING OUR TERRITORY !!!!!!
We are in a deep shame to have you as a neighbour country. What you have done is BULL SHIT.
cambodia, remember thailand lost the icj verdict in 1962. so, in reality, they have no land and temple dispute with cambodia on preah vihear and the surrounding land. the icj used the 1904 and 1907 treaties maps which at the time of the verdict was very valid and specific and particular. so, the question unesco should ask thailand is what the hell are they thinking? and what gives them the right to meddle with the affairs of cambodia. i hope nobody would fall for the siem dirty trick like their own court ruling or whatever to make it look like they did something right. this is truly a contempt of the court of the icj in 1962. this is what we need to ask unesco to look at, the icj verdict of 1962. enough already.
This is Siam court, it has authority in Siamland only.
The rest of the world don't give a damn about this court.
GENTLEMAN
CAMBODIA HAS TAKEN STEPS TO INFORM OUR NEIGHBOUR,THAILAND, IS GOOD ENOUGH IN REGARDING THE REGISTRATION PREAH VIHEAR FOR WORLD HERITAGE. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THAI CABINET, IS NOT OUR CONCERN.
WE HAVE MAP RECORGISED BY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS COURT RULING IN 1962 TO GET UNESCO LISTED PREAH VIHEAR AS WORLD TREASURE.
MEANWHILE, UNLESS THAILAND HAS SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO GET ATTENTION FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES.SO FAR WE ARE IN A CLEAR STANCE.
CLAIMING OF THAIS THAT THEY WERE KHMERS IS MISLEADING. THEIR PLEA IS UNDER CONSIDERATION UNLESS THEY ARE KHMERS BY IDENTITY AND LIVING IN CAMBODIA. THEY CAN HAVE THEIR IDENTITY CRISIS, BUT WE DO NOT.
SO LONG THAILAND!!!
NEANG SA
The Temple belong to Khmer People in Thailand, not French people in Cambodia.
LOL French people in Cambodia?
Where the hell on earht you learn your history lesson?
Go back and study again.!!!!!!!!
Dear belove khmer patriot,
recently, the Preah Vihear temple's issues is the hot issues between our country and thailand, we are (khmer people) should take this chance and opportunity to kick the cowardice thai government and thai people out of the international community throught holding a largest and bigest demostration in both cambodia capital (Phnom Penh) and oversea such as USA, Canada, austrailia, others country in the world in order to show the world, international community that thai government and thai people are the nations that always cowardice and cruel peoples in the world who always interfer other neightbourhood countries like us.let we wake up and stand up to protect our country and territory.
let go for demonstration in around the world
regards,
People power (PNP)
Shut the fuck up, Ah French. You ain't fool no one with your stupid disguise. You are not Khmer, and the temple doesn't belong to you. It belongs to us (Khmer in Issan), you moron.
Cambodia doesnt care about thai approval on the enlistment! The temple belongs soley to Cambodia, so it is rational enough that thai cannot interfere with anothr country's affair. Those who opposed the enlistment, are totally wrong, selfish and small heart. And the idea to propose together the pond and staircase is sooooooo ridiculous, by proposing together the temple with just a pond and staircase, Thailand beomes th share-owner of the temple by de facto, and every move Camboida takes to develop her temple involves Thai's approval. That is a shameless intention and cannot be tolerated. I would be embarrassed to death if I were one of those who want to steal Cambodian property without shame. I cant stand those Thai ignorance. How to stop those type of ignorance is the help from international community.
If somehow, the Unesco commitee feel political pressure from Thailand, and delay enlistment of the temple again, the Unesco should be dismissed from this world.
Lets declare war on the Fucking Thai! I can't wait to eat their livers. I haven't eat human livers for so long since KR's rule. Now I want to taste Thai's livers.
Lets just declare war on them!!!
นายอภิสิทธิ์ เวชชาชีวะ : “รัฐบาล ควรทำทุกวิถีทางอย่าให้กัมพูชา ไปขึ้นทะเบียนปราสาทเขาพระวิหารเป็นมรดกโลกเพียงฝ่ายเดียว หากปล่อยเช่นนั้นพื้นที่จะกินบริเวณของ ประเทศไทย”.
Abhisit Vejjajiva: “ Government should do everything in its power to stop Cambodia’s bid to unilaterally register Preah Vihear as a world heritage site. if we allow that to happen, Thailand could lose its parts in Thai territory”
No shit, everyone will be rule by the French infidel King. Who the hell in their right mind will wanted that?
11:49 PM , We KHMERs peoples will work with the world to enforce you and your SIAM extremist out of our country , and after that we will unite our peoples and land that you stole from us.
I now how bad your peoples are toward our KHMER peoples . you try to kill us as much as you can , When i was a kid living in refugee camp KHMER/siam border , i saw every thing that your leader order your army to brutaly kill , rape our peoples . event nowday after i escape that killing I still have a dream a bout what your leader and army did to our peoples.
now I am in canada we will support our KHMERS people that love our land to enfoce your out of our land for good.
And your country Should face the world court for brutaly killing and rape the inocent KHMER peolpes.
LORD BUDHA WILL PROTECT KHMER NATION.
Yeah, right, and the world did a great job to save you while the Khmer Rouge slaving your people.
Boycott all thai products.
Boycott all thai products.
Boycott all thai products.
Boycott all thai products.
Boycott all thai products.
Boycott all thai products.
Boycott all thai products.
Those are made by evils
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Those are made by evils
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Those are made by evils
Looking at the Siam one man show comment, man this guy lose his mind and go crazy!!!
Well, how many men comment do you want?
To khmer
should know ur position that u r still poor..and boycott thailand product!! pls do..'coz 70% of investment come from us...ur people still work in our country...u find nicer job for them then. still don't know ur position, do u??
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