PUBLISHED: 28 Aug 2024 at 14: 12
Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, a prominent applicant, has asked the Election Commission to investigate Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s eligibility to keep the office of prime minister and inquire as to when she resigned from positions with 21 businesses in the family’s business empire.  ,
Mr. Ruangkrai claimed on Wednesday that he had used the express mail service ( EMS ) to send his most recent petition to the EC.
He claimed that the House of Representatives had chosen Ms. Paetongtarn as prime minister on August 16. He inquired with the committee whether Ms. Paetongtarn had filed for a withdrawal from all of her professional positions within the family’s businesses by August 15 or not, and why it was done on August 19, three days after her election.
The petition, sent on Wednesday, asked the EC to investigate whether Ms Paetongtarn’s status as prime minister should be voided under Section 170 ( 5 ) and Section 187 of the constitution.
Section 170 ( 5 ) deals with the ethics of cabinet ministers.
A secretary or their partner is prohibited from holding stocks in a professional business by Section 187. ( continues below )
Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, a frequent applicant, has requested that the Election Commission look into Prime Minister Paetontarn Shinawatra’s eligibility. ( File photo )
Mr. Ruangkrai cited a report from the Isra News Agency on Monday that revealed that Prime Minister Paetongtarn had left her senior positions at all 21 businesses owned by the Shinawatra home in his complaint.
On August 15, she had written a letter requesting that a near secretary handle the paperwork on her behalf. The Department of Business Development received the documents on August 19.
According to Mr. Ruangkrai, Ms. Paetongtarn reportedly gave her aides the power to remove Srettha Thavisin from office only one day after the Constitutional Court’s decision to do so.
Ms Paetongtarn, the head of the decision Pheu Thai Party and youngest child of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, received royal confirmation as Thailand’s 31st prime minister on Aug 18. She is also the government’s youngest prime secretary at 38 years of age.
Mr. Ruangkrai inquired as to whether Ms. Paetongtarn had left all administrative positions on August 15. He inquired as to why the paperwork was not handed over to the appropriate officials on August 19.
If an investigation revealed that she had actually resigned from those companies after August 16, the petitioner asked the EC about whether her status as prime minister would be terminated under Section 170 ( 5 ) and Section 187 of the charter.  ,
He claimed he was still compiling and had soon send those files to the EC to assist his plea and that he was still gathering data from the various state firms.
When she arrived at the Pheu Thai Party brain department at Shinawatra Tower 3 in Bangkok on Wednesday, Ms. Paetongtarn made a decision not to comment on Mr. Ruangkrai’s complaint.  ,