A group of senators has decided to cancel its plan to solicit support among senators for the issuance of a statement today, voicing their opposition to the potential dissolution of the Move Forward party by the Constitutional Court tomorrow.
A key member of the group, Senator Nanthana Nanthawaropas, said today that the group planned to raise the issue during the Senate meeting yesterday, but could not do so due to some “inconveniences”.
Judging from the atmosphere in the Senate, she said that most senators don’t agree with their move and foreign diplomats in Thailand have already voiced their concerns about the matter, so the group decided to drop its plan and let the case to run its course.
The senator also said some have criticised their proposed move, on the grounds that it was not the business of senators to interfere with the court.
The decision to cancel the plan apparently came after some legal experts, including Nipit Intarasombut, an eight-time MP, warned that soliciting such a statement could be considered interference with the Constitutional Court and could be punishable by expulsion from the Senate.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister’s legal advisor, Wissanu Krea-ngam, said that the recent meeting between diplomats from 18 countries and Move Forward’s former leader Pita Limjaroenrat did not constitute interference in the internal affairs of Thailand.
He said the duty of foreign diplomats is to cultivate relationships and to get information from various sources, such as the media, as well as from social functions, which is quite normal.
File photo: Senator Nanthana Nanthawaropas
