Chaturon’ said he did not talk to Gen. Pisal after being a defendant in the Tak Bai case. ‘Romdon’ pointed out that it would not be good if the case expired in his hands.
Chaturon Chaisang, MP for the Pheu Thai Party, gave an interview regarding the case of Romdon Panjor, MP for the Prachachon Party, requesting the House of Representatives to extradite Gen. Pisal Wattanawongkiri, MP for the Pheu Thai Party, to face charges in the Tak Bai case. He said that this matter was not discussed in the House of Representatives’ Special Committee to Study and Propose Guidelines for Promoting Peace-building Processes to Resolve Conflict in the Three Southern Border Provinces. However, he has been following up on the progress of this matter. He personally did not discuss it with Gen. Pisal, who is the defendant. He only listened to Romdon’s discussion with the House Speaker Wan Muhammad Noor Matha. He understood that this was an issue related to the constitutional limitations, namely that the agency involved in this cas
e, the court, had to come to the House of Representatives. However, in the last paragraph, it was stated that the MP must not obstruct the performance of his duties.
Mr. Chaturon continued that, however, the court has not yet requested it, which is a matter of the constitution. As for what effect it will have on feelings or the case that is about to expire, it is something that we have to follow up on and understand. Also, if it is related to the committee, we will have to write a report showing our understanding of the case using the term ‘history of wounds’ and what we should think and do about this matter.
When asked if it could be proposed for the House to vote, Mr. Chaturon said that it must be a matter that has been requested. However, from reading the constitution in the past, it is considered that the privileges of the House of Representatives have changed a lot. In the past, if a matter was requested, it would not be granted, whether it coincided with or did not coincide with the meeting date, beca
use it could be a matter of harassment. But recently, it has been a matter of duty and a matter of consent, and if the person in question requests it, the House will agree.
Mr. Romdon added that from what he knew, Gen. Pisal joined the House of Representatives’ latest vote on the draft law to revoke the NCPO’s orders, and did not attend the House of Representatives’ National Security, Border Affairs, National Strategy and Reform Committee meetings for several weeks. It is expected that this was before August 23, the day the Narathiwat Provincial Court accepted the petition in the Tak Bai criminal case, in which Gen. Pisal was the first defendant.
Mr. Ramadan continued that he thought that if the statute of limitations on the case expired in the hands of General Pisal, it would not be beneficial, and the plaintiff only wanted the story of this incident from every angle to be recorded in the Thai justice process.
Source: Thai News Agency