Charter Court takes up EC petition on dissolving Future Forward Party

By The Nation

 

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

 

The Constitutional Court on Wednesday (February 5) announced that the Election Commission’s petition seeking dissolution of the Future Forward Party is heading to the ruling.

 

The court said there would be no further hearings as the complaints and explanations were solid enough for the judges to consider.

 

The court has requested testimony letters from 17 witnesses in the accused’s document and an opinion document from the secretary of the EC before February 12 in accordance with Article 27, Section 3 of the Organic Act on Constitutional Court Procedures.

 

The verdict will be read at 3pm on February 21 at the Constitutional Court.

 

The EC has accused Future Forward of violating Article 72 of the Political Party Act BE2560, which prohibits political parties from receiving donations of money or assets from any sources which it knows are unlawful or has reasonable doubts of it being unlawful. Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit had given a loan of Bt191 million to his party.

 

Article 92(3) of the same act allows the Constitutional Court to consider dissolving any political party that violates Article 72.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30381685

 

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And what about people not on the ballot paper who then Make themselves the head of the country?

Still scared about Thanathorn and FF ... The Future Foreward party threatens the ruling ' elite ' .

They do not want to risk their comfortable position and continue to control the ' legislative and the executive ' as they have always done

( for their own advantage ) .

As long as the executive , the army , is obedient to the people ruling , change will be difficult to realize . This ruling elite is not giving in easy .

If ever there would be a progressive party winning the elections , the risk of another coup would be high .

There is not , ( yet ) , a real democracy in Thailand , as long as the same old ' faces ' stay in power .