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The Public Housing Savings (Tapera) program is in limbo after the Constitutional Court struck down its legal basis, with judges declaring compulsory contributions from all workers and employers an unfair burden on both.
Recent appointments of deputy ministers as commissioners at state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in spite of a court ruling prohibiting the practice have garnered criticism that the government is exploiting the grace period before the ban takes place.
Four of nine Constitutional Court justices filed dissenting opinions against the ruling, with Chief Justice Suhartoyo acknowledging that deliberations for the controversial law revision did not involve meaningful public participation, but instead featured closed-door meetings in places inaccessible to the public.
In a single hearing on Wednesday, the Constitutional Court threw out five petitions for a judicial review of the TNI Law reivision passed in March, challenging the legislative process as rushed and lacking transparency.
The controversy over double jobs for deputy ministers should now end after the Constitutional Court prohibited them from serving as commissioners in state-owned enterprises (SOEs), reinforcing its previous ruling that barred ministers and other high-ranking officials from holding such positions.
Thailand was thrown into political turmoil on Friday when the court sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over her handling of a border row with Cambodia, saying she had "not upheld the ethical code of conduct".
