Ombudsman to consider call to nullify March-24 election

[Krataiboy]

7 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

The plot thickens...this could become very interesting...????

Starting to sound more like the Brexit fiasco every day.

[Srikcir]

5 hours ago, candide said:

The Chief Ombudsman is General Viddhavat Rajatanun......

General Viddhavat Rajatanun (Ret.) was appointed Chief Ombudsman of Thailand:

• served the military since 1975 until his retirement as Acting Permanent Secretary for Defense in 2012.
• (re?)appointed Chief Ombudsman of Thailand following his Royal Appointment on November 18, 2018.

http://www.theioi.org/ioi-news/current-news/chief-ombudsman-of-thailand-appointed

 

The junta-appointed NLA with passage of a new Ombudsman bill (143 members backing the draft and seven abstaining) in July 2017 determined the new qualifications of future ombudsmen. At that time Viddhavat Rajatanun and Boon Tapanadul were the incumbent ombudsmen who would have lost their positions with proposed new qualifications. But the NLA waived the new qualifications so both incumbents can remain in office until they

retire:

• They would have less authority under the new law, and hence their qualifications need not be as high as that of the other agencies.
• They would become an advisory body on state practices, without the authority to probe the ethics of political office holders.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30322014

Can it be said that the current Ombudsmen are independent from the government executive branch?

 

[Odysseus123]

Yup..

 

Government of the greedy,by the self interested for the terminally marginalized.

[Eric Loh]

I am glad to announce that all of you were right. The ombudsman didn't disappoint any of you by dismissing calls to nullify the March 24 election.  

[chama]

14 hours ago, PatOngo said:

...and the reaction was unanimous......

 

 

Sad but true. And the international community is either laughing or crying as they watch this circus.