Coalition MPs to oppose court review
Censure debate still on track for Tuesday
A PPRP list-MP gave his assurances on Thursday the government would refrain from proceeding with a petition seeking the Constitutional Court’s review on the legality of the opposition’s upcoming no-confidence motion.
The petition, which was sponsored by Palang Pracharath Party-list MP Paiboon Nititawan, would ask the House of Representatives to seek the court’s ruling on the legality of the opposition’s no-confidence motion after it refused to reword sections mentioning the monarchy.
The process to obtain the court’s ruling is potentially time-consuming, and is seen by government critics as an attempt to stall the censure debate, which is set to take place on Feb 16–Feb 19.
The petition needs to be endorsed by the House, which is held…
