A petition will be filed Monday asking the Election Commission to seek a Constitution Court ruling on whether Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has lost his MP status after being retroactively dismissed from the military.
Abhisit Vejjajiva (File Photo)
Former senator Ruangkrai Leekijwattana said on Sunday the EC would be asked to forward a request to the Constitution Court to make the ruling.
Mr Ruangkrai said the Defence Ministry's Order No 1163/2555 to retroactively dismiss Mr Abhisit from military service for draft-dodging was effective and clearly confirmed that the dismissal took effect from June 2, 1988.
The dismissal was a form of disciplinlary action. Mr Abhisit was, therefore, not qualified to run for the House of Representatives, he said.
On Mr Abhisit's plan to petition the Administrative Court to overturn the Defence Ministry's order, the former senator said that according to the law that established the Administrative Court and its procedures, the court did not have the jurisdiction to override disciplinary action taken by the military.