Charter Court to rule if budget bill legal after proxy votingThe Constitutional Court has accepted the case and will rule on the validity of the government's 2020 budget bill. (Bangkok Post file photo)The Constitutional Court has accepted a request by House Speaker Chuan Leekpai to rule on the validity of the budget bill, which is in question after the exposure of proxy voting by a coalition party. He said he had left his electronic voting card behind in a House voting machine. A video on Channel 7 showed Prim Pooncharoen of Palang Pracharath and Somboon Zarum of Bhumjaithai each inserting more than one card in the voting machines during the budget bill vote. The court ordered Mr Chalong, Ms Prim and Mr Somboon to submit their explanations of the proxy voting in writing by Feb 4.

Source: Bangkok Post January 29, 2020 10:18 UTC