PUBLISHED: 4 Mar 2024 at 17: 31
The Election Commission (EC ) assured on Monday that the dissolution case against the main opposition Move Forward Party ( MFP ) would not drag on. However, the day window for the situation has not been set.
EC chairman Itthiporn Boonpracong , said the social party registrar, now examining the Constitutional Court’s Jan 31 ruling and the Political Party Act, may also study the whole court ruling to prepare a report for the EC’s decision.
The judge’s full decision was published in the Royal Gazette on Feb 29, nearly a fortnight after it ruled that the MFP’s force to amend Part 112 of the Criminal Code, also known as the lese majeste law, indicated an intention to destroy the constitutional monarchy.
Mr Itthiporn said the EC did not set the time window for the event but noted that the consideration process may be completed in a timely manner.
Regarding another breakdown case involving the Bhumjaithai Party, the EC president said the social party secretary was reviewing the complaint to ascertain if there were grounds to set up a screen to investigate the case.
He said the process could take more than 30 times if the company had to interview testimony to gather more data.
The case against Bhumjaithai, the following- largest alliance partner, involves donations made to the group.
Former secretary- public Saksayam Chidchob was lately found guilty of concealing assets and using a candidate to conceal ownership of a company that won government construction projects.
Mr Saksayam’s candidate reportedly donated the money to the Bhumjaithai Party some times, raising concerns about the process which could lead to the celebration being disbanded.
Meanwhile, former legislator Paisal Puechmongkol wrote on Twitter that an attempt to have the MFP dissolved was likely to fail, pointing to the disintegration of the Future Forward Party ( FFP).  ,
The nowadays- dissolved FFP was reincarnated as the MFP, which took the general poll last year by surprise.
Mr Paisal said the MFP’s disintegration could lead to disaster votes from the community for its son in the next vote and allow the party to form a individual- party government.
Sen Somchai Sawaengkarn on Monday said that the EC is obliged to forward the case to the court under Part 92 of the political party rules.
The EC is likewise empowered to introduce the dissolution of a group to the Constitutional Court if it has obtained enough information the group has committed an act deemed hostile to the political regime with the King as head of state.