Varathep can hold cabinet seat

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Published: 2 Feb 2013 at 00.00
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The Constitution Court judges ruled yesterday that Prime Minister's Office Minister Varathep Rattanakorn is qualified to hold his seat in the cabinet.

Varathep: Never went behind bars

The judges decided by six to three that Mr Varathep is still eligible for a ministerial portfolio, despite receiving a suspended prison sentence, because he has never actually served time behind bars.

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brilliant
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Discussion 6 : 02 Feb 2013 at 22.286
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mogy - yes, people like rontorre deflect and turn criticism on someone else when they know it's the truth. So I misprinted. He knew exactly what I meant.
I should have just said this qualifies him to hold ANY government post? In a red PTP government, apparently, YES.
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Discussion 5 : 02 Feb 2013 at 12.565
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Rontorre: don't be pedantic. You as well as everyone else reading knows what he meant.
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Discussion 4 : 02 Feb 2013 at 11.134
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This must apply to abhisit also. He has never been behind bars as well.
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Discussion 3 : 02 Feb 2013 at 09.483
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Have I got this right. He is qualified only because he did not step into a cell or conversely he is unqualified because he was found guilty of an offence but let off on a technicality because he did not enter physical custody. I do not get it. When he was found guilty he was then in the "custody "of law enforcement. Standing in a courtroom he in custody - wasn't he. Are you telling me the law says he is free until his shoe hits a prison concrete floor.

I thought the release on bail of convicted murderers was the Thai justice low point but this now sets the bar underground. Just disgusting.
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Discussion 2 : 02 Feb 2013 at 09.442
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If you were actually Brilliant you would have noticed that this has nothing to do with being an MP, it is about a cabinet post.
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Discussion 1 : 02 Feb 2013 at 06.191
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"He was found guilty of malfeasance over the introduction of the two- and three-digit lottery while serving as a deputy finance minister in the Thaksin Shinawatra administration."

And he can still be a MP, well, isn't that just lovely. He'll fit right in.
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