Opposition had argued that prevailing situation did not amount to an ‘emergency’
The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the government’s 400-billion-baht emergency loan decree was lawful, lifting uncertainty over state spending plans.The funds were intended to be equally divided between the Thais Help Thais Plus consumer subsidy scheme that started last month, and for financing a green energy transition.
Opposition lawmakers, who brought the case to the charter court, argued that although they backed the clean energy policy, they disagreed with use of an emergency decree.
They also said funding plans for the energy component were vague and merited more detailed parliamentary scrutiny.
The opposition People’s Party argued that the prevailing situation did not meet the strict test of an “urgent and unavoidable necessity” required to justify using an emergency decree instead of a standard parliamentary bill.
