MFP remains resolute ahead of key court ruling

[snoop1130]

 

The Move Forward Party (MFP) remains steadfast in its mission, regardless of the Constitutional Court’s impending decision on whether to dissolve the party, according to leader Chaithawat Tulathon.

 

Chaithawat assured that the MFP has not only grown stronger but its members are now more equipped and prepared to ensure victory in the next General Election. Confident that the court ruling would favour the party due to their solid legal arguments, he saw no immediate need for a party meeting to discuss the matter.

 

“There’s still time to talk. We’ve told the MPs that if the outcome is negative, there will be a process to follow. So, it’s not necessary to discuss the issue at this moment.”

 

Party MPs are scheduled to attend a House meeting tomorrow and will follow the ruling hearing at Parliament, gathering later at the party’s headquarters. Chaithawat also called on party supporters to show their moral support at the party headquarters, which he described as more convenient than the court compound.

 

 

The Constitutional Court completed its hearing into the case last week, concluding it had sufficient evidence to make a ruling after a four-month review. The decision on the party’s fate will be announced tomorrow.

 

The ruling follows a petition submitted in March by the Election Commission (EC), which accused the MFP of violating Section 92 of the organic law on political parties. The court accepted the petition for hearing on April 3.

 

The EC’s request is based on the court’s ruling from January 31, which determined that the MFP’s attempts to amend Section 112 of the Criminal Code suggested an intention to undermine the constitutional monarchy. The EC also requested the court to ban the party’s executives from participating in future elections and from registering or serving as executives of a new party for ten years.

 

MFP chief adviser Pita Limjaroenrat reinforced Chaithawat’s sentiment, stating that the outcome will not affect the party in the long term. When asked if the EC should bear responsibility if the party is not dissolved, Pita mentioned that the party has not yet discussed that matter, reported Bangkok Post.

 

By Sarishti Arora

Picture courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

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[mfd101]

It's going to be a surprise either way - a nasty one or a nice one.

[Captain Flack]

A post with a derogatory intentional misspelling of Thaksin’s name has been removed.

[connda]

Dissolving the party is typical third-world lawfare.  Unfortunately, the third-world mentality is beginning to creep into the West, so perhaps I should say that it is indicative of countries which embrace a totalitarian mentality.  Considering Thailand this country has been run via coups since the 1930s, i.e., totalitarianism. 

Anyway - the MFP shouldn't be dissolved.  All it does is disenfranchise the voters and p*ss them off.  If you can't let the population vent at the ballot box then they'll vent on the street.  Better to allow new parties to compete or run the risk of domestic discord at best and actual revolution at worse. 

[ikke1959]

And this whole show is only because the MFP wanted to amend a ancient outdated law..........If dissolved it shows the real democracy of Thailand

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

And this whole show is only because the MFP wanted to amend a ancient outdated law..........If dissolved it shows the real democracy of Thailand

Or lack thereof 

[Srikcir]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

MFP’s attempts to amend Section 112 of the Criminal Code suggested an intention to undermine the constitutional monarchy.

Which in a constitutional monarchy (vs absolute monarchy) legislative power is within the authority of the electorate represented by their elected legislators to do so. To be denied legislative authority of the electorate in effect deprives the people of their sovereignty as specifically defined in the constitution.

See "Authoritarian Constitution-Making in Thailand, 2015-16: Elite (aphichon) Capture Turns a "Dual Polity " into a " System of Elite Rule with Elections," or a "Thai-style Authoritarianism," September 2016 by Michael H. Nelson

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/

 

[jcmj]

I’m sure they are prepared for the worst considering how things are run here, but hopefully they will get a victory for themselves and the people.