PUBLISHED: 22 Mar 2025 at 04: 00
The final stage of an ethics investigation involving 44 former Move Forward Party ( MFP ) MPs was announced by the National Anti-Corruption Commission ( NACC ) yesterday.
The accused have been summoned to understand and provide their defense, according to Sarote Phuengramphan, the NACC’s secretary-general, and the investigation is anticipated to wrap up in decades.
According to Mr. Sarote, the charge brought against the 44 is that they intentionally violated the law or committed a serious breach of spiritual standards, no criminal behavior. He stated that the accused may have 15 to 30 times to prove their innocence and to prove their guilt.
When the investigation is complete, the findings will be forwarded to the full NACC commission for last thought, he said, adding that the NACC investigators perhaps obtain additional evidence to confirm the defense’s assertions.
Theerayut Suwankesorn, a lawyer, petitioned the Constitutional Court to order the MFP to stop all activities relating to the modification of the stability guess law, and the investigation against the original MFP MPs was started past August. The court’s decision on January 31, 2024, which stated that the Sensitive ‘ efforts to alter Area 112 constituted an attempt to overthrow the constitutional monarchy, was the basis for the complaint.
The Supreme Court will hear the case if it is determined that the 44 previous MFP politicians were acting improperly. They may be required to sacrifice their roles as MPs and be prohibited from running in primaries if found guilty. Numerous of them are also MPs for the opposition’s People’s Party, an MFP amalgam.