GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING CITIZEN PETITIONS REQUESTING THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO CONSIDER AND DECIDE CASES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND, B.E.2017

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ABSTRACT

This article aims to study the legal problems regarding the filing of petitions by citizens requesting the Constitutional Court to consider and rule on cases. This article was written in order to obtain findings as guidelines for the Constitutional Court to consider and rule on cases more appropriately and clearly. The results of the study found that there should be more provisions and regulations regarding the Constitutional Court’s consideration and rule on cases in many ways so that they can be used in the Constitutional Court’s consideration of cases more appropriately and clearly, and can be used as principles for practice correctly and in accordance with the true intention of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand.Summary and recommendations for amending the Constitutional Court’s Procedure Act and the Constitutional Court’s Regulations on Constitutional Court Procedures are as follows:1. The Constitutional Court’s Procedure Act and the Constitutional Court’s Regulations on Constitutional Court Procedures should be amended, especially the criteria, methods, and procedures for the Constitutional Court to effectively consider cases, so that they can be used as principles for practice more accurately, appropriately, and clearly.2. The Constitutional Court’s procedure for considering cases concerning petitions filed by citizens requesting the Constitutional Court to consider cases.Keywords: People's petition, Procedures, case decision