EC gives green light for 6 reds to be MPs

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EC gives green light for 6 reds to be MPs

Published: 22/07/2011 at 08:58 AM
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The Election Commission has endorsed 32 more MPs-elect, including six red shirt leaders who contested the July 3 poll under the Pheu Thai banner.

Red shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan is surrounded by supporters yesterday as he arrives at the Criminal Court on RatchadaphisekRoad to testify in a defamation case he filed against Democrat PartyMPelect Watchara Phetthong,who accused him of following the orders of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra. SURAPOLPROMSAKANA SAKOLNAKORN

This was the third batch of MPs to be approved in the nearly three weeks since the election. But including the 32, the EC has still only certified the status of 402 MPs _ 285 constituency seats and 117 party-list MPs.

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robingrant
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Discussion 19 : 23/07/2011 at 11:04 AM19
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geoffo (D18) You have three questions actually, none of them remotely serious. If they are meant to be humourous, then the humour falls flat. The "questions" are also insulting and demeaning to the ladies concerned. Didn't you pause to consider that? Presumably not. If you must offer comments, do try better next time. There's plenty of scope for intelligent and reasoned comment and criticism on political issues in Thailand.
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Discussion 18 : 22/07/2011 at 08:45 PM18
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I have a serious question;

Are the black eyed beauties in the photo escorting Jatu;

a) part of his allotment.
b) a red shirt MP privilege or election bonus or
c) a PTP MP fringe benefit and part of the immunity gold plan
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Discussion 17 : 22/07/2011 at 06:57 PM17
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hillfarang#3: You write as if the EC or MPs actually read BP let alone this piddly little forum.
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Discussion 16 : 22/07/2011 at 06:22 PM16
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Excellent picture here! Jatuclowns " supporters" truly look like the prototype of the great ignorant masses who gave PT a 55% victory in this election! Congratulations and requiem at the same time!
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Discussion 15 : 22/07/2011 at 05:06 PM15
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I prefer the Army over reds shirts all day long and how you can say they were voted for democratically ,they were fooled , paid for, amongst many other things .
They don't understand Democracy " understand !!!!
from iPhone application.
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Discussion 14 : 22/07/2011 at 04:54 PM14
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How about a person who was sentenced to two years jail by the highest court but who avoided jail by leaving Thailand: Can he be PT party member or even party leader? Is his sister bound by law to hunt him down and put him into jail?
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Discussion 13 : 22/07/2011 at 02:48 PM13
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Well, it was so nice to see those excellent rules followed so rigorously by Pheua Thai....
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Discussion 12 : 22/07/2011 at 12:17 PM12
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No worries, justice will catch up on the redshirt terror leaders. It's simply Karma ...
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Discussion 11 : 22/07/2011 at 12:02 PM11
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Interesting how the PTP rules were modified AFTER the riots and protests in which UDD and MP's were accused of crimes against the country. Well, now they have changed their house rules and regulations to protect their own kind, guess we will see that raised to the national level next.

The question then ... if a MP elect is jailed before he/she is elected, are they entitled to Parliamentary Immunity afterwards ... or does immunity only apply to crimes / arrest attempts while they are an MP ?
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Discussion 10 : 22/07/2011 at 09:42 AM10
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I don't think it matters if all of the UDD leaders become MPs. I can't see how the Peua Thai party can avoid being dissolved anyway. They can't possibly deny that Thaksin has been running the show since 2009 or 2010, or whenever he started.
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