Although the Senate voted on Friday to impeach former foreign minister Noppadon Patama on charges related to his involvement in the Preah Vihear Temple controversy, its votes falled short of 90 votes needed to punish him.
Of 117 senators present, 57 were in favour of impeachment and 55 against. Four abstained and one cast vote deemed invalid.
The National Anti Corruption Commission recommended for impeachment inquiry on the ground for his bypassing the parliamentary scrutiny of the draft Cambodian-Thai communique on the listing of Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage site.
