PUBLISHED: 28 Aug 2024 at 14: 12
Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, a prominent applicant, has asked the Election Commission to look into Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s registration to keep the office of prime minister and asks 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 Ms. Paetongtarn was chosen as the House of Representatives ‘ prime minister on August 16. He inquired with the committee whether Ms. Paetongtarn had filed for a departure 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 family is not permitted to hold shares in a business organization under 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 August 26 that revealed that Prime Minister Paetongtarn had left her senior positions at all 21 businesses owned by the Shinawatra home.
She had sent a letter to a nearby staffer on August 15 requesting that they handle the papers on her behalf. The Department of Business Development received the documents on August 19.
According to Mr. Ruangkrai, Ms. Paetongtarn reportedly gave her secretary control only one day after the Constitutional Court’s decision to remove then-prime secretary Srettha Thavisin from business.
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.
Mr. Ruangkrai inquired as to whether Ms. Paetongtarn had left all of her senior positions on August 15. He inquired as to why the paperwork was not handed over to the appropriate government on August 19.
If an investigation revealed that Ms. Paetongtarn had actually resigned from those companies after August 16, the petitioner asked the EC to determine whether her status as prime minister would be terminated in accordance with Section 170 ( 5 ) and Section 187 of the charter.  ,
He claimed he was still gathering information from various state agencies and may collect and immediately send those documents to the EC to back up his plea.
When Ms. Paetongtarn arrived at the Pheu Thai Party headquarters in Bangkok on Wednesday, she chose not to comment on Mr. Ruangkrai’s complaint.  ,