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Originally Posted by The Enforcer!
In today's Bangkok Post Taksin is quoted as saying ....
"Only I can dissolve Parliament"
I understood that only His Majesty could dissolve the Thai Parliament?
The Enforcer!
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Actually, what Thaksin said
was:
เพราะคนลาออกก็เป็นผม คนยุบสภาผู้แทนราษฎรก็เป็นผม ผมไม่ลาออก ผมไม่ยุบสภาฯ
My translation is below:
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...because the person to resign is me. The person to dissolve the Parliament is me. I won't resign. I won't dissolve Parliament.
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Thaksin certainly does not use the word "only". Be wary of quotes in the Bangkok Post or The Nation.
Yes, you are correct that it is the King, under the Thai Constitution (s116), who is the only person who can dissolve Parliament, but I am not aware of the King acting unilaterally and suddenly deciding to dissolve Parliament. It seems as if the Westminster Conventions apply which is where the PM advises the Queen that he/she wants to dissolve parliament and then the Queen dissolves parliament.
Colloquially speaking in Thai and in English, people would say it is the Prime Minister who dissolves Parliament. For example:
The State Department
says:
"Chuan dissolved Parliament in May 1995"
Time Magazine
says:
"And with Chuan set to dissolve parliament and call national elections,"