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Govt dodges anti-torture law bullet

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam arrives for the cabinet meeting on Tuesday. He says the caretaker government does not have to take responsibility after the Constitutional Court invalidated the executive decree suspending four provisions of the anti-torture law. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

The caretaker government does not have to take responsibility after the Constitutional Court invalidated the executive decree suspending four provisions of the anti-torture law, according to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.

Mr Wissanu, who is the government's top legal expert, explained that the term of the government that issued the decree ended in March when the House of Representatives was dissolved. Had the government's term not ended, it would have had to step down or dissolve the House to show responsibility following the court ruling, he said.

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