Former Senator To Sue Junta For Politics Ban

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Soldiers posted around the Democracy Monument in 2014 in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — A Pheu Thai politician said Thursday he will sue the ruling junta for retaining its three-year long ban on political activities.

 

By refusing to lift the ban and allow political parties to organize and campaign for the next election – scheduled for November 2018 – the junta is violating the constitutional guarantees of political freedom, former senator Ruengkrai Leekitwattana said.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2017/11/09/former-senator-sue-junta-politics-ban/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-11-09

Good luck with that. This country has never been governed by law. 

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50 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Good luck with that. This country has never been governed by law. 

I don't really think it is about the legalities. I reckon this is another move to publicly let the junta know they have outstayed their welcome and then some.

The problem is for the junta, they know it, everyone knows it, in a fair election the reds will win no matter who they front it with...and they vote that way, not cause of some 500bht handout but cause they know the bkk 'gentry' look down their noses at them. So they give them a big "we are more than you f u" at the voting booths, when they actually get to one, which is now the crux of the matter.

“I have the absolute power... I have this power with me. Don’t forget that.”  Need one say more?

The national council for peace and order should consider some critical thinking to maintain peace during 2018.

Good luck with that lawsuit:

“Talking in terms of using the Article 44 in this country, I don’t have to be held accountable at all. I can do whatever,” ... "when I use the Article 44, I don’t have to fear anything, because it protects me.” - Prayut August 30, 2017

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2017/08/30/absolute-power-means-can-whatever-prayuth-says/

So much for Section 3 of the 2017 Constitution: "Sovereignty belongs to the Thai people." (translated)

There is no law that applies to the NCPO except the laws it chooses.