PM urged to axe Cambodian MoUs

Treaty law breaches cited for move

- AEKARACH SATTABURUTH

Political activists have petitioned Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to revoke two memorandums of understanding signed in 2000 and 2001 (MoUs 43 and 44) with Cambodia, citing serious breaches of international treaty law.

Panthep Puapongpan, chairman of the Thailand Watch Foundation, together with Thai Pakdee Party leader Warong Dechgitvigrom, yesterday submitted a petition to Mr Anutin, also interior minister, urging the government to revoke MoUs 43 and 44.

Mr Panthep argued that Cambodia had committed a serious breach of MoU 43 under Article 60 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969 and that MoU 44 — a temporary agreement — was impractical under Article 56 of the same convention.