 The NAP's last minute motion damaged its credibility, and made it unlikely that Article 219 will
be invoked unless there is a credible issue and the issue is raised and discussed at the beginning
of Parliamentary debate, rather than at the last-minute before a vote.On the other hand, a precedent was established by the Court that it would accept all petitions under Article 219 to preserve Parliament's right to question the constitutionality of emergency executive decrees.After the sounding victory of Thaksin Shinawatra's party, Thai Rak Thai, in 2001 election, the Anti-Corruption Committee filed a case charging him as hiding a handful of assets in form of stocks, which is unlawful due to the 1997 Constitution.