The unseated ex-Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, is eligible to request a royal pardon upon his return to the country. When he returns, he would be imprisoned however can request a pardon, according to the acting Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-Ngam in an announcement yesterday.
According to the deputy premier, who also holds the interim function of justice minister following the resignation of Somsak Thepsuthin in March, each inmate is allowed to call for a royal pardon, however only after they start serving their jail time period.
“All inmates have the best to hunt a royal pardon on the primary day of imprisonment as a outcome of this right is out there during the time of punishment.”
Wissanu cautioned although that if the attraction for the royal pardon isn’t granted upon submission, the petitioner can only reapply after ready a two years period.
Once Thaksin lands on Thailand soil, he will be met with an incarceration order about three previous cases that resulted in a complete punishment of ten years in jail, Wissanu said. Some of the former premier’s cases have exceeded their statutes of limitations while others have yet to achieve the inside of a courtroom, such as the case concerning Thaksin’s escape from Thailand.
The announcement of correction officers making ready for Thaksin’s arrival follows the previous premier’s pre-disclosed plans of returning on his birthday. Unconditional celebrated his 74th birthday on Wednesday whilst in his self-imposed 15-year exile.
The deputy prime minister also identified that, even without a royal pardon, Thaksin’s senior standing would end in totally different remedy from the common inmate. The critically sick are similarly afforded certain advantages just like the aged, a coverage common to Thai courtroom sentencing.
“Thaksin, being older than 60 years, will be handled differently from common inmates as a outcome of his age.”
The willpower of particular privilege lies within the hands of the Corrections Department, which means that Thaksin’s detention exterior the prison is an unlikely scenario except he is granted a royal pardon, the deputy prime minister asserted.
Wissanu went on to reassure that the previously ousted prime minister would be allowed to see his household instantly upon arriving at the airport before being escorted to prison reported Bangkok Post..