Keithambrose Posted August 11 Posted August 11 6 hours ago, reader said: From Bangkok Post Move Forward Party’s reincarnation challenged The royalist leader of the Thai Pakdee Party has demanded a probe into the status of the People’s Party to which MPs of the disbanded Move Forward Party (MFP) have just moved, questioning whether the destination party has enough branches to be qualified. Thai Pakdee Party leader Dr Warong Dechgitvigrom said on his Facebook page on Sunday that he would ask the Election Commission (EC) to investigate whether the People's Party should be disqualified for having too few branches. He said that the People’s Party was the renamed version of the old Thinkakhaochaovilai Party but he doubted that it had enough branches nationwide to maintain its political party status. Dr Warong said the law governing political parties stipulated that a party would be automatically disqualified if it did not have at least one branch per region for one year. He said he learned from the EC website that the Thinkakhaochaovilai Party, founded in 2012, had three branches: two in the North and one in the Central Plains. It did not have a branch in the South and the Northeast. “For transparency, the EC must check it and inform people of the details of its branches on a yearly basis,” Dr Warong said. “If the Thinkakhaochaovilai Party has not had branches in four regions for one year, it will lose its status by the law. This means that the People’s Party cannot use the disqualified party,” he said. He said that his party would file a petition on the issue with the EC. Shortly after the Constitutional Court dissolved the election-winning Move Forward Party last week, MFP MPs moved to the People’s Party to maintain their MP status. The People’s Party announced in its Facebook page on Sunday that it received donations worth more than 20 million baht altogether within 32 hours and almost 40,000 people applied to become members in less than two days. The main opposition party announced it would form a single-party government after the next general election. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2845411/move-forward-partys-reincarnation-challenged The old guard don't give up! It's amazing what archaic rules can be found in Thailand to challenge democracy! Quote
vinapu Posted August 12 Posted August 12 18 hours ago, Moses said: 12 of EU countries are monarchies. in none of those countries one will be slapped with penalty , even less jailed for 10 years for offending monarchy just for saying that king's dog is noisy and not of pure breeds . Try this in certain country south of Myanmar/Laos border Quote
vinapu Posted August 12 Posted August 12 2 hours ago, Keithambrose said: The old guard don't give up! It's amazing what archaic rules can be found in Thailand to challenge democracy! it's right and it's why I'm worried as at one point steam must be let go Quote
Keithambrose Posted August 12 Posted August 12 9 hours ago, vinapu said: it's right and it's why I'm worried as at one point steam must be let go Fair point! vinapu 1 Quote
reader Posted August 12 Author Posted August 12 A reason to hope... From Bangkok Post Move Forward Party’s reincarnation challenge dismissed The secretary-general of the Election Commission (EC) has dismissed a challenge to the status of the People's Party, the reincarnation of the disbanded Move Forward Party, saying the new party has just opened branches in all regions of the country. EC secretary-general Sawang Boonmee said on Monday that last week the Thinkakhaochaovilai Party, which was since renamed as the People’s Party, held a meeting to open branches in all regions as required by law to maintain its political party status, and the party had already reported the branch openings to the political party registrar. The report had just arrived and had yet to be verified, so the EC website had yet to be updated accordingly, said Mr Sawang, who is also the political party registrar. Continues at https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2845803/move-forward-partys-reincarnation-challenge-dismissed vinapu 1 Quote
vinapu Posted August 12 Posted August 12 4 hours ago, reader said: A reason to hope... somebody realize that steam must have it's vent. This is a point Mrs. Hassina in Bangladesh seem to overlook to her peril Quote
reader Posted August 13 Author Posted August 13 From Bangkok Post Guest lecturers under fire for Move Forward dissolution ruling Student activists at Thammasat and Chulalongkorn universities have launched campaigns against two Constitutional Court judges who are also guest lecturers at their institutions. This follows the court's ruling last Wednesday, which led to the disbandment of the Move Forward Party (MFP). On Saturday, Thammasat University Student Council Rangsit Campus and the committee of students studying in the Faculty of Law posted an open letter on Facebook encouraging law students at Thammasat to sign a petition seeking to have Udom Rathamarit, a Constitutional Court judge, dismissed as a special lecturer. These student groups accused the judge of failing to set a good example and of embarrassing the law circle with an interpretation of the constitution in the Move Forward ruling that did not conform to his own teaching. The groups intend to submit the signatures to the dean of Thammasat's Faculty of Law on Wednesday. Continues at https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2845927/guest-lecturers-under-fire-for-move-forward-dissolution-ruling bkkmfj2648, khaolakguy and Ruthrieston 3 Quote
vinapu Posted August 14 Posted August 14 16 hours ago, reader said: These student groups accused the judge of failing to set a good example and of embarrassing the law circle with an interpretation of the constitution in the Move Forward ruling that did not conform to his own teaching. that's clever Quote
Keithambrose Posted August 14 Posted August 14 On 8/12/2024 at 4:47 PM, vinapu said: somebody realize that steam must have it's vent. This is a point Mrs. Hassina in Bangladesh seem to overlook to her peril Problem is, that in Thailand, as I mentioned, venting of steam brings in the army. As we speak, another mad court decision had got rid of the PM, and possible replacements include a corrupt minister or a more corrupt general! TMax 1 Quote
