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Anutin seeks royal removal of Sarana as NBTC chairman
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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has signed a submission seeking a royal command to remove Clinical Professor Dr Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck from his positions as chairman and commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commissio
Key facts
- The move on Tuesday (August 11) follows the Central Administrative Court’s decision not to accept Sarana’s lawsuit seeking the revocation of a ruling by the NBTC selection committee, allowing the executive process concerning his position
- The selection committee had voted unanimously 4-0 on July 17 that Sarana had prohibited characteristics under Section 8(2) of the Frequency Allocation Organisation Act B.E
- It ruled that he was consequently deemed to have waived his right to assume office as an NBTC commissioner under Section 18 of the law.
- Anutin said on August 11 that he had now signed the submission seeking a royal command for Sarana to leave both the chairmanship and his position as an NBTC commissioner, stressing that the process was being conducted within the legal
Summary
The move on Tuesday (August 11) follows the Central Administrative Court’s decision not to accept Sarana’s lawsuit seeking the revocation of a ruling by the NBTC selection committee, allowing the executive process concerning his position to proceed.
The selection committee had voted unanimously 4-0 on July 17 that Sarana had prohibited characteristics under Section 8(2) of the Frequency Allocation Organisation Act B.E. 2553 (2010). It ruled that he was consequently deemed to have waived his right to assume office as an NBTC commissioner under Section 18 of the law.