Constitutional Court disbands Thai Raksa Chart
published : 7 Mar 2019 at 16:03
writer: Gary Boyle
The Constitutional Court has ordered the dissolution of the Thai Raksa Chart party for nominating Princess Ubolratana as its prime ministerial candidate.
The Election Commission earlier decided the party had violated the election law by committing an act which may be deemed hostile to the monarchy when it nominated Princess Ubolratana, the elder sister of His Majesty the King, as its prime ministerial candidate. The EC acted by the constitution which requires it to ask the court for the disbandment after it found the party has broken the election law.
The court said customs laws dictate the king and the royal family of the ranks mom chao or higher must be politically neutral.
The princess, who is in Berlin for the ITB2019 travel trade show, posted on Instagram before the ruling: “Today, I would go ahead and continue to work for Thailand."
Vocabulary
- candidate: a person who is trying to be elected - ผู้สมัครรับเลือกตั้ง
- disband: (of a group) to end; to stop working together - ยุบ, เลิก,ทำให้สลาย
- disbandment: the ending of a group - การยุบ
- dissolution: the process of officially ending the existence of a group of organisation - การยุบ (พรรค สภา)
- hostile: behaving in a very unfriendly or threatening way towards someone - ไม่เป็นมิตร, เป็นปรปักษ์, ต่อต้าน,มีเจตนาร้าย
- monarchy (noun): the king or queen of a country and their family - ราชวงศ์, พระบรมวงศานุวงศ์
- neutral: a person, group or country that does not support either side in a disagreement, competition or war - ผู้เป็นกลาง, ผู้ไม่ฝักใฝ่ฝ่ายใดฝ่ายหนึ่ง
- violate: to do something that is against a law, rule or agreement - ฝ่าฝืน, ละเมิด
