Party leaders reexamine the sexual abuse scandal
PUBLISHED: 5 November 2023 at 5:00
According to group chief Thawatchai Tulathon, the Move Forward Party ( MFP) is debating whether to remove its Bangkok MP who is accused of sexually harassing three assistants despite displaying no shame.
In order to determine whether Chaiyamphawan” Puaut” Manpianjit has acted in accordance with a carry order the group passed on November 1, Mr. Thawatchai announced on Facebook monday.
The main opposition party managers and MPs gathered that day to choose the abuse cases against Mr. Chaiyamphawan and Wuttiphong Thonglour, an MP for Prachin Buri.
Due to Mr. Wuttiphong’s expulsion vote not exceeding two-thirds of the executives and MPs present — criteria set forth by the constitution for expelling a party MP — the meeting did not proceed to expel Mr Chaiyamphawan from the party.
The party gave Mr. Wuttiphong an ultimatum: repent, publicly apologize to the women by November 3, make amends promptly, and refrain from making any more equivocal physical or text contact with staff.
But, Mr. Thawatchai claimed that the MP’s failure to express regret and repent and public disclosure of some of the allegations’ details may have hurt the women in question further.
He has called a meeting of group managers to examine whether Mr. Chaiyamphawan has disobeyed the demand in his capacity as party chief. If so, it would be considered that he had flagrantly disobeyed the group’s laws. If so, a meeting may be called by the party’s managers and MPs to decide whether to fire him.
Mr. Chaiyamphawan did not express regret or say to any abuse behavior, despite having stated that he accepted the party’s decision regarding his behavior. Additionally, he didn’t sincerely apologize to the ladies.
To support his assertion that the girl did not resist interaction with him, the MP even made a text message between him and the second secretary public.
Mr. Thawatchai made an effort to persuade the public that the pictures and videos he took of her weren’t considered to be sexual abuse with the help of the following helper.
The MP gave the impression that his actual contact with her was not motivated by sexual desire in the case involving a third assistant.
The MP, according to Mr. Thawatchai, was downplaying his interactions with the helpers. The party executives insisted, however, that the first admin had at least once been harassed while drunk, making it impossible for her to avoid.
The executives also questioned Mr. Chaiyamphawan’s motivation as he returned the inebriated assistant to his apartments.
Additionally, the MP had half invited the next assistant on a solo trip upcountry. The journey had nothing to do with work, so the admin declined the invitation.
The fourth assistant, according to the MFP leader, claimed the MP made advances toward her, prompting her to resign after a month.