44 MPs who supported amending the imperial defamation laws are being examined by anti-corruption authorities.
PUBLISHED: 5 Feb 2025 at 21: 43
Within two months, the National Anti-Corruption Commission ( NACC ) will likely rule on whether to charge 44 of the party’s former MPs who backed a proposal to amend the lese-majeste law.
Of the full, 39 are also sitting Members of the People’s Party, which was formed in August last year after the Constitutional Court , dissolved Move Forward for advocating shifts to Section 112 of the Criminal Code, the imperial libel laws.
The NACC is currently looking into whether the MPs ‘ advocacy violated the rules for elected officials ‘ social behavior, which could lead to a life restrictions from politics.
NACC secretary-general Sarote Phuengramphan stated on Wednesday that the analytical commission is gathering information, questioning testimony, and reviewing evidence to determine whether the research should continue.
The original MPs may be informed of the costs so they can protect themselves if it decides to proceed.
If it does not, the research may be dropped.
Mr Sarote said the panel’s choice may be presented to the NACC for consideration, good within two weeks.
Theerayut Suwankesorn’s complaint, which was filed in February 2024, was the NACC’s answer to. He had requested that Move Forward halt all strategy activities involving its efforts to alter Area 112 of the Criminal Code. The Constitutional Court should grant that purchase.
The court’s decision on January 31 of last year, which stated that lobbying for Part 112 changes posed a threat to the constitutional monarchy, was the basis for the petition.
The Supreme Court will hear the situation if the NACC discovers that the 44 MPs were acting improperly.
If found guilty, they may lose their jobs as MPs and be prohibited from running in primaries.