Tuesday, January 25, 2011The Nation
The Election Commission on Tuesday formed a panel to check into the credentials of Democrat MP Panich Vikitsreth following his sentencing in Cambodia for a suspended jail term on the offence of illegal entry.
EC member Prapun Naigowit said the panel will have 30 days to complete its task.
Under Article 106 of the Constitution, MP sentenced for imprisonment or suspended jail term will be disqualified from holding the House seat. An exception is granted for minor offence or negligence.
Prapun said the panel would have to determine whether the verdict by a foreign court is applicable to Panich's job status.
Should the EC rule to disqualify Panich, this will prompt a mandatory judicial review by the Constitution Court.
3 comments:
A man broke the law in Cambodia is a law maker in Thailand...based on the evidence, Panich was clearly a criminal in Cambodia and above the law in Thailand!
--Udom
siem lawmakers can't break the law in their own land, but it's ok for them to break law in cambodia? sounds illogical to me, really! it's like an insult to khmer law or something, you know! cambodia must not accept this!
i know, it goes to say a lot about siem relations with cambodia! they don't respect our law, etc! they think they can just do whatever they want in cambodia to cambodia, that's aren't right! what kind of relations is that with cambodia?
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