Ruangkrai apparently has concerns about the lieutenant transportation minister’s fitness due to vote-buying in 2020.
PUBLISHED: 14 Sep 2024 at 18: 07
Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, a prominent petitioner, has filed a second complaint with the Election Commission (EC ) regarding Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s appointment of a minister allegedly linked to corruption during a provincial election.
Surapong Piyachote, currently the deputy transport minister, stood in the Kanchanaburi Provincial Administrative Organisation ( PAO ) election in 2020 in which a person was convicted of vote-buying, reportedly on his behalf.
Mr. Ruangkrai claimed that the case raises questions about the prime minister’s decision to let him into the location.
Ms Paetongtarn’s father, Srettha Thavisin, was dismissed by the Constitutional Court next quarter for appointing a polluted minister to his government.
According to Mr. Ruangkrai, Mr. Surapong’s session may be viewed as a violation of Article 8 of the law and Article 8 regarding ethical standards, which could lead to the resignation of the prime minister.
According to the complaint, the Kanchanaburi Provincial Court in 2022 sentenced a accused, whose name was not disclosed, to a two-year prison term and a great of 40, 000 ringgit for violating Parts 65 and 126 of the Election of Members of Local Assemblies Act.
The respondent was found guilty of paying a third party to voting for Mr. Surapong after paying three individuals in the Kanchanaburi PAO election.
The respondent was detained in Muang Kanchanaburi’s Electoral District 5 where the three candidates had been given three 500-baht coins that he had given to the three prospects. Due to the plaintiff’s confession, his prison expression was reduced to one month, and the good was doubled.
For those keeping record, there are now 12 issues in progress against either the controlling Pheu Thai Party or the perfect minister, with the indefatigable Mr Ruangkrai, a former legislator, responsible for at least three of them.
One of his complaints claims that Ms. Paetongtarn made a mini-heart sign during a recent photo program to bring dishonour to her legal service dress uniform.