An advocate claims Nattawut Saikuar’s interview as a consultant violated the law by appointing him as a former red shirt.
PUBLISHED: 15 Jan 2025 at 16: 00
Sonthiya Sawasdee, an advocate, has filed a complaint against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over her visit of a former activist as her advisor.
Mr. Sonthiya requested on Wednesday that the Attorney-General send his grievance to the Constitutional Court regarding Nattawut Saikuar’s interview, which took place on October 4, next year, in October.
He claims that Ms. Paetongtarn has broken several laws, including Part 160, which requires cabinet ministers to uphold moral standards for those holding political office.
Srettha Thavisin was removed from office last year by the court for an honest violation that involved the appointment of a lawyer with a legal document to the cabinet. His whole cupboard had to resign, and a fresh Ms. Paetongtarn-led administration was established.
Mr. Sonthiya claimed Nattawut had been expelled from politics for ten years and that he had received a two-year sentence in 2020 for a violent opposition staged in 2007 outside the home of the later Privy Council leader Prem Tinsulanonda. The 10-year restrictions remains in consequence.
Nattawut served as the Yingluck Shinawatra government’s assistant business and crops minister from 2012 to 2014.
According to Mr. Sonthiya, Prime Minister Paetongtarn’s session as an advisor was a political position.
Nopparut Worachitwutthikul and Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, protesters, filed a similar complaint in October of last year with his plea.
More than a hundred appeals, including at least six from Mr. Ruangkrai, are known to have been filed with the Election Commission and other organizations against the Pheu Thai Party and/or Ms. Paetongtarn overall. They allege bribery or ethics breaches related to numerous decisions made by the party or the top.