Opposition will ask EC to dissolve Bhumjaithai Party over its liberal cannabis policy

[snoop1130]

 

Opposition parties plan to ask Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) to dissolve the Bhumjaithai Party, for alleged violation of the Political Parties Act, over its policy to decriminalise cannabis.

 

Opposition leader Chonlanan Srikaew said on Monday that the Bhumjaithai Party’s flagship policy was designed to curry favour among the people for political gain, which is against the law, citing Section 92 of the organic law regarding political parties.

 

He claimed that the Bhumjaithai Party’s liberal cannabis policy is a separate issue from the Narcotics Bill, initiated by the Bhumjaithai Party to decriminalise cannabis.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/opposition-will-ask-ec-to-dissolve-bhumjaithai-party-over-its-liberal-cannabis-policy/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-10-17

 

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[Snig27]

These parties should probably be dissolved for being stuck in the 1930s. 

[rbkk]

That's dope.

[2baht]

That's it, throw your toys out of the pram you childish clowns!

[AnnaBanana]

This will scare the pee out of Anutin & Co.

In a worse-case scenario it could lead to re-criminalization of ganja and a revisit to the dark days of the War on Drugs.

C'mon guys, show some backbone and fight these corrupt cartels - govermental and otherwise.

[Rhys]

Oh Really, they are toking up now to consider the next ..store front.

[ThailandRyan]

High Times Magazine will become the new political magazine for Anutin and he will rename the party "The Doobie Brothers Party"

[webfact]

Push To Dissolve Bhumjaithai Party Over Free-Marijuana Campaign
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

Top: Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Public Health Minister-cum-Bhumjaithai party leader Anutin Charnvirakul smelling a marijuana plant. Photo: Matichon Weekly

 

THE BHUMJAITHAI PARTY is facing an unprecedented lawsuit involving their previous free-marijuana campaign which might possibly result in the dissolution of the second-largest coalition partner, said Pheu Thai party leader Chonlanan Srikaew today (Oct. 17).

 

The Pheu Thai-led opposition bloc has resolved to file a lawsuit against the Bhumjaithai Party, headed by Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, early next month alleging that the coalition partner had illegally propagated the free use and household production of marijuana during their previous electoral campaign which had won overwhelming votes from some constituencies in the 2019 general election, according to Chonlanan.

 

The Bhumjaithai Party, de facto led by former cabinet member Newin Chidchob, had reportedly pledged to legalise the consumption and household production of marijuana purportedly for medical reasons. The free-marijuana campaign had seen 39 constituency-based contestants and 12 party-listed candidates elected as MPs under the tickets of Newin’s camp which finally jumped onto the bandwagon of a Palang Pracharath-led coalition after the previous election.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/10/17/push-to-dissolve-bhumjaithai-party-over-free-marijuana-campaign/

 

-- © Copyright  THAI NEWSROOM 2022-10-18

 

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[CosmicSurfer]

And it calls itself a Democracy ???

So, popular & progressive political policies are Illegal, and Only those that serve the establishment are acceptable?? NO Change can ever happen, and the actual majority (the people) are perpetually screwed??

Sounds like the USA, doesn't it?

[JCCR6]

Pheu Thai, the populist policy party complaining about another party introducing a populist party…

[rwill]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Opposition leader Chonlanan Srikaew said on Monday that the Bhumjaithai Party’s flagship policy was designed to curry favour among the people for political gain, which is against the law, citing Section 92 of the organic law regarding political parties.

What political party does not try to curry favour among the people.  That's how they get reelected.

[tandor]

17 minutes ago, JCCR6 said:

Pheu Thai, the populist policy party complaining about another party introducing a populist party…

...they make it up as they go along.

[SchuetzRob]

Those people must have been hibernating the last few years.... Must be awful to wake up and realise that a new policy had been promoted and introduced while they were sleeping...

[nobodysfriend]

One party makes one step forwards ,  but political opponents want it to go 2 steps backwards again after the legalization became a success ?

Ridiculous .

Cannabis consumption is becoming legalized everywhere in the world soon .

Even Germany wants to legalize it now .

But only in Thailand we have the always backwards orientated who want to return to how it was before . Why ? Was it so much better before the legalization ? What to do with the freed inmates ? Catch them and put them back to prison ?

Move forward , Thailand , become an open-minded , tolerant and peaceful society , if that is possible . Every step in the right direction counts , The future will not repeat the past , and it should not be up to some left-behind politicians to decide about that , but to the people .

[animatic]

A popular policy.
Must be illegal because people liked it.

And the other party succeeded with it.

Enough reason to end the party?

 

And if you oppose the successful public policy you must be legally / moral justified to call your opposition cheaters. Because it’s only kegal to do things tge public doesn’t want….

 

Never mind democracy style politics is supposed to be about following the will of the people/voters.
 

The Poo Thai Party logic is utterly failing the sniff test. Hope the EC sees through this ploy and dissolves the PTP for electoral and legal ineptitude.

[futsukayoi]

1 hour ago, rwill said:

What political party does not try to curry favour among the people.  That's how they get reelected.

In some countries.  In others it takes more guns and money.

[spidermike007]

The opposition parties are on the wrong side of history, and are making themselves appear regressive, at a time when they need to appear progressive, to be relevant. Such a disastrous miscalculation. Such blindness. Such feeble leadership. Such pathetic men. They are playing right into the hands of the dinosaurs. Idiots. 

[MrJ2U]

That would be nice.

 

Not for the marijuana stance.

 

Because of their leader, Anutin. 

[Chongalulu]

Just "smoke" and mirrors..oh wait,the latter is associated with another drug,isn’t it ?

[robblok]

Old dinosaurs on the opposition. Hope many young people will leave the opposition for what it is. I don't like the current government but the drug policy i great finally legal cannabis. Great step forward.

 

I propose that if we make weed illegal we do the same for alcohol. Lets see how long the policy then stays popular.

[newnative]

1 hour ago, rwill said:

What political party does not try to curry favour among the people.  That's how they get reelected.

I was thinking the exact same thing.  What???

[KamalaRider]

1 hour ago, nobodysfriend said:

One party makes one step forwards ,  but political opponents want it to go 2 steps backwards again after the legalization became a success ?

Ridiculous .

Cannabis consumption is becoming legalized everywhere in the world soon .

Even Germany wants to legalize it now .

But only in Thailand we have the always backwards orientated who want to return to how it was before . Why ? Was it so much better before the legalization ? What to do with the freed inmates ? Catch them and put them back to prison ?

Move forward , Thailand , become an open-minded , tolerant and peaceful society , if that is possible . Every step in the right direction counts , The future will not repeat the past , and it should not be up to some left-behind politicians to decide about that , but to the people .

The trickle up has weaned off

[chiman]

Someone must not be happy about the direction the cash is flowing, adjustments to the flood waters coming 

[KamalaRider]

No one sell yaba and the other <deleted> any longer?

[Docno]

I see the logic. In the old days, politicians used to promise a chicken in every pot... now they promise some pot for every chicken... 

[Tarteso]

Clowns !

[peter zwart]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Opposition parties plan to ask Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) to dissolve the Bhumjaithai Party, for alleged violation of the Political Parties Act, over its policy to decriminalise cannabis.

My advice to these bunglers...if you can't beat them, join them.
 

[Burma Bill]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

to dissolve the Bhumjaithai Party, for alleged violation of the Political Parties Act, over its policy to decriminalise cannabis.

Great news - bye bye Anutin! Have all your policies now gone to pot???

[khunpa]

Why not just keep it simple and ban all political parties? Wouldn’t change anything.

Ohh…I forgot. It’s supposed to look like a democracy.

[mahtin]