The parliamentary resolution prevented Pita from being nominated a second time and, as a result, the second round of voting for Thailand’s PM did not take place as scheduled on July 20.
On July 24, the three ombudsmen voted unanimously to seek the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the legality of the parliamentary resolution.
They argued that Article 41 of the meeting regulations were subordinate to Articles 159 and 272 of the Constitution that sanctioned the PM vote.
The petition from the ombudsmen stated that it was made based on two complaints — by Assoc Professor Pornchai Theppanya, Asst Professor Boonsong Chalethorn, and Move Forward MP Panyarat Nanthapusitanont — and a third by a “group of complainants”.
On August 3, the court asked the ombudsmen to clarify the status of the complainants in the third group before the court could decide whether to accept the…
