Democrats seek Pheu Thai's dissolution

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Democrats seek Pheu Thai's dissolution

Published: 8/07/2011 at 05:29 PM
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The Democrat Party of Friday initiated legal action seeking the dissolution of the Pheu Thai Party, filing a complaint with the Election Commission about the involvement of banned politicians.

Democrat Party's legal team member Wirat Kallayasiri (Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd)

The outgoing ruling party asked the Election Commission to recommend that the rival Puea Thai Party, which won the July 3 general election, be disbanded on the grounds that banned politicians were involved in its election campaign.

Democrat legal team member Wirat Kallayasiri said some of the 111 executive members of the dissolved Thai Rak Thai Party who were banned from politics for five years in 2008 - including ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra and Thai Rak Thai deputy leader Chaturon Chaisang - have been more involved in Pheu Thai's activities than the actual Pheu Thai executive members.

"Some members of 'House No.111' were involved in choosing party list and constituency candidates, and they also determine the policies of Pheu Thai, such as 'Thaksin Thinks, Pheu Thai acts'," Mr Wirat said.

Article 97 of the constitution clearly states that executives from any disbanded party are prohibited from being involved with any other party during the suspension period, he said.

The Democrats would like the EC to take action because if Thaksin and Chaturon were found guilty of breaching the charter, Thaksin and Chaturon should be banned from politics for five more years, he added.

Prime minister-apparent Yingluck Shinawatra today rejected as baseless reports that she planned to go to Hong Kong to meet elder brother Thaksin on Sunday to discuss the cabinet lineup.

Ms Yingluck said she was too busy working on drafting the policies of the incoming government to be delivered to parliament.

"I have no plan to go to Hong Kong and will remain in Bangkok," she said.

She also had no knowledge about reports that members of the Matchima faction would defect from the Bhumjaithai Party to join Pheu Thai in forming the government. Whether they would even be accepted would rest with the party executive, she said.

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stekk
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Discussion 42 : 11/07/2011 at 08:21 AM42
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eeeerrr if i am not mistaken, the actual leader of the dems himself is a banned politician? He was the one pulling AV's strings? Am i right or mistaken?
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Discussion 41 : 09/07/2011 at 10:27 PM41
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Thaksin brand is a popular brand. At this moment, PTP has the exclusive right on Thaksin Brand. The DEM failed to attack Thaksin Brand and banned the brand previously. So, I think the DEM should instead take up the issue through the Court to against PTP on fair usage of Thaksin Brand. Thaksin is not a member of any political party, and anyone is free to buy the Brand or become a franchisee.
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Discussion 40 : 09/07/2011 at 01:03 PM40
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PTP wishes to solve the Country's divide through peaceful means and chart a new chapter for Kingdom of Thailand. The DEM as always has been - confrontational, arrogant, thinking that all Thais are stupid. So far, I have not seen anything constructive coming from the DEM to heal the Kingdom. Their speeches on moving the Kingdom forward, put out BKK fire and reconciliation have to be backed up by action.
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Discussion 39 : 09/07/2011 at 11:28 AM39
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As soon as PT came up with the "Thaksin thinks Pheu Thai acts" I knew this would be the grounds for their disqualification. Why do they make it so easy to get themselves disqualified if so many of the people love them. Maybe it's because they realize that they need Thaksin to get themselves elected.
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Discussion 38 : 09/07/2011 at 10:31 AM38
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...and...ahm...nobody noticed THAT BEFORE the election?
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Discussion 37 : 09/07/2011 at 09:53 AM37
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The "invisible hand" is back. The oligarchists in this country will resist any effort of change. Anyway, politicians by default are a ship of fools; but rich fools.
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Discussion 36 : 09/07/2011 at 08:14 AM36
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Khun paul_giles #33
No worry here. The reason people who commented against the action by DEM are because it is not constructive and does not show any willingness to move the Country forward. Guilty or not, it does not change the election results - it only put fuel on fire still burning. The DEM has the right to complain. Similar case was before the Court before and the Court's verdict was that PPP and Khun Thaksin was not guilty. My opinion is that the DEM is more worry about their own party dissolution and other criminal cases.
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Discussion 35 : 09/07/2011 at 07:18 AM35
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It seems to me that the only reason for wanting a political party attached to thaksin s is for
the sole porpose of granting amnesty to the convicted criminal. OK,what may we expect next?
Would all criminals be pardoned? Would only 1 or 2 be pardoned? And,would it make any differance?
I belive,that people are subject,to their whims,lack of real understanding,and other idiocyncricies to the point of following blindly,the trail of easy money,as provided by some
politicions of of questionable characture. Thanks for allowing me to join this discussion.
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Discussion 34 : 09/07/2011 at 06:43 AM34
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Judging by the strongly viewed comments here; there's seems to be two schools of thought; those who think the will of the people should have the final say, and those who think the courts and law should. Strip away all the other fluff like 'sore loser', 'coup', 'charter written with a military pen' and so forth and you realise what this big sherbang is all about. One side continually cheats (though it needn't to secure victory), the other side gets them disqualified, and that's where we are at in the fruitless endless political farce. The cycle could be broken if both sides had a bit more decorum, but they're Thai politicians, so they don't. You can't deny that both sides have a reasonable point, never mind what the election numbers say.
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Discussion 33 : 09/07/2011 at 04:49 AM33
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The reason people would be worried is because it's clear to almost all that the claims are simply true.

But all the meaningless emotional pleas aside, the bottom line is did the PTP breach the charter or not? If they did, then they must receive the remedy stated for the breach. Many people think that the penalty for such a serious infraction should be much stiffer, such as a ban for life.

It's an axiomatic truth that those found guilty of breaking a law, especially when done willfully, will shoulder the responisibility for doing so.

All parties know the rules, thus any party breaching the charter is 100% responsible for the consequences stemming from their own illegal actions. End of story.

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