No possible court decision this month
PUBLISHED: 11 Apr 2024 at 05: 36
The Constitutional Court may allow the Move Forward Party ( MFP ) more time to file its defence in the dissolution case against it, the court’s president, Nakharin Mektrairat, said on Wednesday.
He claimed that the court may consider extending the timeframe for submitting the paperwork by another 15 times, starting on April 17, if the MFP requests more time to file its defense.
According to Mr. Nakharin, it is difficult for the court to rule on the breakdown situation this month. Moreover, it is not known whether the MFP will ask the court to hold witness hearings in the case.
The Election Commission (EC ) filed a petition on April 3 asking for the MFP’s dissolution, and the Constitutional Court gave the MFP 15 days to file its defense.
Thawatchai Tulathon, the MFP’s leader, previously claimed that the organization was compiling counterarguments to the allegations of dissolution.
The case involves a lot of paperwork and is difficult. The court has the authority to extend the deadline for submitting crucial defense records, he said.
According to Mr. Thawatchai, the group needs more time to examine the EC petition. He would need to identify whether the complaint is connected to the 44 MFP legislators who co-signed a demand for changes to the Lese Majority Law.
Under Part 92 of the Political Parties Act, the EC has urged the judge to break the MFP.
If the EC has obtained sufficient proof of an act that the King is the head of state and is considered to be hostile to the political system, the law grants the EC the authority to ask the court for the disintegration of a party.
The MFP was found to have pushed for modifications to Section 112 of the Criminal Code, also known as the der guess law, indicating an intent to destroy the constitutional monarchy in a court decision on January 31.
The EC acted against the MFP as an organization enforcing the Political Parties Act because the Jan. 31 decision provided grounds for breakdown.
The judge also ordered the MFP to stop all attempts to modify Area 112 in its decision on January 31.
It claimed that constitutionally illegitimate fighting on the subject constitutes a legal attempt.
The courts pointed to the previous steps of Pita Limjaroenrat, the group’s former president, as well as those conducted by the MFP in common, including its applications to offer loan for suspects in der guess cases.
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