Authority of Ombudsman: Study Constitutional review and actions toward Constitutional Court

Abstract

The Ombudsman is an organization with authority to claim to the Constitutional Court for considering that any provision or any action contrary to or inconsistent with the Constitution by the rules, methods or constitutional conditions doctrine have been prescribed to be included in The Organic Act on Procedures of the Constitutional Court B.E. 2561 (2018). However, from study of the said laws, there was no found any provision on rules and procedures in part of the Ombudsman to claim to the Constitutional Court for considering on constitutional issues in both cases, resulting in there was a practical problem between the Ombudsman and the Constitutional Court. Therefore, in order to promote the Ombudsman's performance to be in harmony with the Constitutional Court and to be able to effectively filter the cases before submitting to the Constitutional Court, the criteria for such matters should be clearly established.