Court dismisses Budget Bill complaint

       The Constitution Court has thrown out an opposition complaint that the 2010 Budget Bill is unconstitutional.
       Chavana Traimas, secretary-general of the Office of the Constitution Court,yesterday said the Puea Thai Party had asked the court to adjudicate on whether the 2010 Budget Bill had been changed during its scrutiny process to benefit any House members, senators or scrutiny committee members either directly or indirectly in violation of Article 168 of the charter.
       The opposition insisted the bill had been altered and suspected it was no longer constitutionally valid.
       It asked the charter court to interpret the constitutionality of the crucial bill which was passed by the parliament last week.
       Constitution Court judges considered the complaint for about an hour yesterday and voted 8 to 1 to dismiss it.
       The court said it found no evidence the Budget Bill had been changed for the direct or indirect advantage of any MP, senator or committee member.