A joint law review committee was set up to review the bill, but it endorsed the NLA version following which the NLA voted to affirm the law. The EC petitioned the Constitutional Court following the possible legal channels left for it to pursue. However, Constitutional Court secretary-general Pimol Thammapitakpong said on Wednesday that the court by a majority vote decided not to take up the EC’s petition. Agencies, like the EC, could file a petition only when the bill has become a law, he added. Addressing the right of some EC members to petition the court as individuals, the court said it would follow certain guidelines to consider a request, Pimol said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 02, 2017 11:26 UTC