BANGKOK: Thailand’s prime minister and his Cabinet breached the constitution by failing to recite the full oath of allegiance when they were sworn in before the king last month, the Office of the Ombudsman said.
BANGKOK: Thailand’s prime minister and his Cabinet breached the constitution by failing to recite the full oath of allegiance when they were sworn in before the king last month, the Office of the Ombudsman said.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and 35 Cabinet ministers pledged their loyalty to King Maha Vajiralongkorn at a ceremony at a Bangkok palace on July 16 but omitted the last sentence, on upholding and complying with the constitution. “The prime minister did not recite all the wordings as required by the constitution, ” Raksagecha Chaechai, secretary-general of the Office of the Ombudsman said.Raksagecha said the Constitutional Court would have to rule on what needed to be done because an incomplete oath could mean that all of the government’s actions could be seen as unconstitutional.Prayut scrapped the previous constitution when he seized power from an elected government in a 2014 coup. He was army chief at the time.
The current constitution was drawn up at his behest. It gives the military a significant role in politics, to the disappointment of pro-democracy activists. On Aug 8, Prayut said he was taking full responsibility for the omission and apologised, while assuring the country that the government would function as normal. He did not specify how he would rectify the situation. — Reuters
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