Article 5 previously had been written to authorise the Constitutional Court to convene the heads of key state agencies such as the government, opposition party, and Army chiefs to find a solution in the event of a stalemate.

In the latest change earlier this year, it was revised back to the previous Article 7. Article 5 now states that in cases where no laws apply, an operation to resolve the issue should follow the traditional rule.

Abhisit said at a press briefing before Songkran that the convention of the Constitutional Court forming an ad-hoc committee could be too inflexible and could only decide on legal issues.

Such a committee was rigid and impractical and could not possibly solve any conflict. He said the stipulation to |follow the traditional rule was more open and could help better to resolve conflicts.

The resolving of a crisis depended more on the conflicting parties’ consensus, the Democrat leader said, adding the mechanism should be something flexible.

Apart from that, Abhisit said in the past Article 7 did not work because the powers-that-be would not give up power to pave the way for conflict resolution.