EC extends deadline for Future Forward Party to Dec 2

[webfact]

EC extends deadline for Future Forward Party to Dec 2

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT) - After the Future Forward Party submitted documents to the Election Commission (EC) to assist its investigation into the legal status of Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit’s granting of a loan to his political party and sought a 120-day extension, the EC has resolved to extend the deadline to December 2 this year.

 

According to the organic law on political parties, no individual is allowed to donate or give money, assets or other interests to a political party in excess of 10 million baht in any 12-month period.

 

Previously, the EC received some documents related to Mr. Thanathorn’s loan case from the Future Forward Party. Since the documents were not complete, the Future Forward Party asked the EC for a 120-day extension to give the party more time to submit additional documents. On Tuesday (Nov 26), the commission resolved to extend the deadline for submission to December 2.

 

The Secretary-General of the Association for the Protection of the Constitution, Srisuwan Janya, asked the EC to look into the legality of Future Forward’s leader Thanathorn’s loan to his party. Between October 2018 and January 2010, the Future Forward Party received 10 million baht from Mr. Thanathorn and 7.2 million baht from his wife, Rawipan Juangroongruangkit. Under the the Civil and Commercial Code, the husband and wife are one legal entity.

 

Mr. Srisuwan also asked the EC to see whether there is any irregularity in Future Forward spokeswoman Pannika Wanich’s one-million-baht donation to her party because she did not include this information in her asset declaration to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2019-11-28

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[RotMahKid]

By the way, when they will start to investigate all the other parties? When you do one, you have to do all!

[Prairieboy]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

donate or give money, assets or other interests to a political party in excess of 10 million baht in any 12-month period.

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

leader Thanathorn’s loan to his party

A loan defined is a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest.

[mikebell]

All opposition parties will be crushed - by order of the military, AKA The Government.

[Baerboxer]

4 hours ago, RotMahKid said:

By the way, when they will start to investigate all the other parties? When you do one, you have to do all!

 

No you don't. If one entity allegedly commits and offence and is investigated you don't investigate every other entity.

[Donutz]

General Piggy borrowed those watches and that was fine. So the FFP borrowing money should be fine too, especially since the law only forbids money for  being donated or gifted in large sums. A loan ain't a gift. 

 

But I fully expect the EC to find some issue with the loan. Laws being open to interpretation and that depends on who the accused is. Khon Dee? Pass. Unpatriotic commie devil worshipping Soros uliminati Thaksin supporters? 555 You hang...

 

The EC never did anything with those complaints of government agencies buying a table at the Phalang Pracharat fundraiser evening, only coming up with some silly 'we did not see any foreign involvement here' unrelated nonsense. But Anakot Mai must die if it's up to the junta... Oh sorry  'ex junta'...

[Chang_paarp]

23 hours ago, Prairieboy said:

 

A loan defined is a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest.

Stop clouding the issue with facts.