Election Commission of Thailand, May 3 – “Srisuwan” petitioned the Election Commission to send the Constitutional Court to dissolve the party after “Senator Somchai” released a chat with Mr. Organizing a project to invite the Red Shirt people back home to help the Prime Minister return to the country, pointing out evidence. Obviously not discrediting
Mr. Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Thai Constitution continue to file a petition Election Commission to ask to investigate the case of Mr. Somchai Sawakwang, member of the Senate. Post a picture of a chat line leaked through Facebook. in a manner that may fall under the scope of election laws and political parties During the election campaign clearly
Mr. Srisuwan said that from the pictures posted, he identified the message through the LINE application. to mobilize and summon the Red Shirts to come back and help the Grandmaster return to the country In which the image of such text, although some messages have been crossed out but not completely deleted There are also text shadings that can still identify who, what position, but he cannot speak. But if anyone goes to look in the chat line It can be seen that there are political activities to call the red shirts. which may fall within the scope of the election of the Organic Act on the Election of MPs Section 73 (1), which states that a candidate or any person is prohibited from giving or demanding benefits, and Section 75 prohibiting anyone from campaigning for benefits in return. each other Failure to do so would lead to a consideration sent to the Constitutional Court to rule on the dissolution of political parties.
Mr. Srisuwan said that bringing money from people far away to spend on election campaign activities may fall under section 92 (1) (3) (4) of section 92(1) (3) (4) because the democracy does not provide for the purchase of votes and the Election Commission can send Matters for the Constitutional Court to decide Even though the said person is not a member of the party’s executive committee. This matter is in the public interest. whether or not the aforementioned picture is true or not, therefore, the Election Commission must conduct an investigation with the power to summon Mr. Somchai and persons appearing for questioning to find out the facts
When asked if the matter is consistent with Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, former Prime Minister Tweeted whether he wanted to go home or not, Mr. Srisuwan said he was not sure if it would be connected. But if looking at past events at the association ever made a complaint like this is the dominance of political parties
“For this person I have come to sing for the 8th time and have always been connected. Only the evidence may not be reached The Election Commission dismissed the petition. But I’ve always tried to emphasize that it’s always connected. Until today, a chat line has come out. It is a task that the Election Commission must perform clearly. transparent and acceptable to the public,” Mr. Srisuwan said.
when asked whether Is that chat line a time that occurred in this election? Mr. Srisuwan said that in the chat line, the date and time were not specified. But I have to test Mr. Somchai. Where did such chats come from? I think Somchai can provide good information on this matter.
When asked whether this petition was viewed as discrediting the Pheu Thai Party or not, Mr. Srisuwan said empirical data came out and believed that there might be a message that was against the law, while Mr. Somchai had intentions. how Think that the ECT will call him to take an examination Seeing that the matter is not a discredit But it proves the truth. that is illegal or not As a lawyer, I can make a preliminary diagnosis that may be wrong. But he was not the final judge, so he had to rely on competent agencies to take action, which the Election Commission issued a new regulation. that there were related matters that led to the dissolution of political parties I think there is a method which must be done quickly, it is expected that it will take 1-2 months to complete.
Reporters reported that For messages in the chat line that Mr. Srisuwan has been submitted as evidence to the Election Commission of Thailand to investigate It has been specified in the form of a request for money. In which the requester identified his name in the message as “Tui” and called the person he was talking to as “Mr.” and talked about the project of inviting the red shirts in 6 provinces to come home to help them win the election in a land slide Including having to be the leader in forming the government so that you… go home Mr. … has stated that he sent 1 million baht first. Ask the Red Shirts to check which areas are not yet labeled. or does not work with a request to do well Not controversial.-Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency