Keep an eye on ‘Senator’ voting for the new president of the Supreme Administrative Court. Expect heated discussions about the background. ‘political ideas’

Waiting for the Senate to vote, “Wissanu” will be seated. Is there a new president of the Supreme Administrative Court? This Monday, a secret meeting is expected to have a heated debate. It will be found that this upper house has defeated and defeated the judges of the Supreme Court. came three times But the level of head of state has never existed in history.

March 31, 2024 – Reporters report that the Senate meeting on Monday, April 1, will consider the agenda that many people have been watching. That is, a meeting to give approval or not to give approval. The person nominated to be the new President of the Supreme Administrative Court is Dr. Wissanu Waranyu, Vice President of the Supreme Administrative Court. number one senior Who was selected from the meeting of the Administrative Court Judicial Committee (C.C.C.) on December 20, 2023, to be nominated as the new President of the Supreme Administrative Court, replacing Mr. Worapot Wisarutpit, the current President of the Supreme Administrative Court, who will have to leave his position because He turned 70 years old on October 1, 2024 and his name and history were later submitted. and the results of the consideration The N.C.P.C. came to the Senate on January 22, 2024, where the meeting set up a general committee to examine the history. Ethical conduct and behavior

In the committee’s report, information was found that the committee had called relevant people of the Administrative Court Office, such as the Secretary-General of the Administrative Court, to provide clarification. They also sent letters requesting information secretly to various agencies. to check history Various behaviors and behaviors such as the National Intelligence Agency Office of the Court of Justice NACC office includes Also sent a letter examining Mr. Wisanu’s ethical behavior to the supervisor. subordinate Including calling Mr. Wisanu for an interview on Monday, March 4th, there was news that The meeting took several hours. To answer questions and exchange opinions between Mr. Wissanu and the Commissioner.

By all information will appear in a secret document at the Commission It will be presented to the Senate at the Senate meeting on April 1st. All steps This is a normal process similar to a background check. Time for the Senate to vote to approve Independent Organization Director Constitutional Court Judge Judge of the Supreme Administrative Court But in the case of Mr. Wisanu This time it was found that some senators were paying special attention.

after earlier Social media and social media There has been news and criticism regarding Mr. Wisanu’s political and social background and attitude widely, causing Mr. Wisanu to write an open letter about Senator to clarify various issues that arose, such as the case where there was a picture of attending the wedding of Mr. Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, former secretary-general of the Future Forward Party. with clear ideas on institutional reform and amending Section 112

Mr. Wissanu, who used to be a former professor at Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law, explained that he attended a wedding during the time when Mr. Piyabutr Still a professor at the Faculty of Law Thammasat University At that time, Mr. Piyabutr Haven’t played politics yet. And after Mr. Piyabutr resigned to form a political party and play politics Didn’t meet Mr. Piyabutr again. and are not involved with each other

Including Mr. Wisanu Also clarified many issues that were criticized such as In the case of criticism that there were negative opinions towards General Prem Tinsulanonda, former President of the Privy Council. In the case of a post commenting on the news of the demolition of Baan Si Sao Thewet

Mr. Wisanu explained that the said post was not written by me. But it was a post that I found on social media. And I shared them on Facebook for a short period of time, so those messages are not messages in my opinion. And the true intention that I shared the said post. To ridicule and satirize a group of people who had protested and gathered around the four-pillared house where His Excellency General Prem Tinsulanon resided, and all of whom were convicted and punished according to the judgment of the Court of Justice, like His Excellency General Prem Tinsulanon. Non has passed away. And Baan Si Sa has already been demolished and demolished. Are you satisfied yet? I do not intend to criticize or criticize or think negatively of His Excellency General Prem Tinsulanonda in any way.

Mr. Wissanu was selected at a meeting of the Administrative Court Judicial Committee with a unanimous vote. When there will be a vote to select a person to be the new President of the Supreme Administrative Court. which has five candidates who are all vice presidents of the Supreme Administrative Court But it turned out that there were four Vice Presidents of the Supreme Administrative Court. They all withdrew. because he saw that Mr. Wisanu He is appropriate because he is the Vice President of the Supreme Administrative Court. Because he became a judge of the Administrative Court from the first era after the Administrative Court was opened in 2001 until the selection date in 2023, a total of 22 years until finally, the J.C.C. meeting took 4 criteria into consideration: Principles of seniority – knowledge – ability – suitability The meeting therefore unanimously resolved to nominate Mr. Wisanu. will be the new President of the Supreme Administrative Court in place of Mr. Worapoj from October 1, in the event that approval is received from the Senate.

It is expected that after the committee Presenting secret documents regarding the background check and interview of Mr. Wisanu. There may be many senators. Get up and discuss and ask questions. and express opinions appropriately Especially former military senators. Respecting General Prem, former President of the Privy Council

From the inspection, it was found that The current Senate has been in office for five years. There were votes both to approve and not to approve. Person nominated to be a director of an independent organization Constitutional Court Judge Judge of the Supreme Administrative Court, NBTC committee member.

As for the judges of the Supreme Administrative Court, it was found that Current Senate never gave approval Judge of the Supreme Administrative Court According to the Office of the Civil Service Commission sending names 3 times.

The first one was a Senate meeting on 17 September 2019, which date Senate approves There were 12 Supreme Administrative Court judges, but one was not passed, Mr. Kuson Raksa, because he did not receive approval with a majority vote. Therefore it is considered not approved by the Senate.

Later, in the Senate meeting in 2020, the Senate failed to approve the name of Mr. Ratchanan Thananan, former ambassador to Helsinki, to be a judge of the Supreme Administrative Court.

But later, the N.C.C.P. Committee with Mr. Piya Patangtha, President of the Supreme Administrative Court was the president at that time There is also the selection of Supreme Administrative Court judges. New round and send the name of Mr. Ratchanan Come to the Senate again. But the Senate meeting on January 19, 2021 rejected Mr. Ratchanan’s name. for the second time

However, the current Senate voted to approve Two people have served as President of the Supreme Administrative Court, namely Mr. Chanchai Sawangsak and Mr. Worapoj Wisarutpit.

The Senate’s vote in giving approval President of the Supreme Administrative Court and Judges of the Supreme Administrative Court Only a majority vote of the meeting is used, that is, counting from the number of MPs who voted at the meeting. The voice of approval was not used. More than half of the number of senators performing their duties It’s like voting to approve members of independent organizations or judges of the Constitutional Court.