BULLETIN: The Election Commission told a press conference on Monday that it voted 4:1 to request the Constitution Court's order to dissolve the Democrat Party.The party was accused of having unlawfully obtained donations from TPI Polene.
In the next step, the EC will pass on the case to the Office of the Attorney-General to consider before sending the case to the Constitution Court."
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Urgen...t-30127103.html
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EC votes to dissolve Democrat Party
Started by B.I.G., Apr 12 2010 07:24 PM
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Posted 12 April 2010 - 07:48 PM
The linked story indicates a 4/5 vote but I checked the Bangkok Post (online) and it confirms the vote was 4-1 in favor of the dissolution.
I have never understood the logic of a law which basically causes an entire political party to go away just because some of its executives did something wrong. I can understand charging the wrongdoers and banning them from political office for "x" number of years but ban the entire party? That's simply nuts in my view.
The dissolutions of Thai Rak Thai and PPP were as a result of financial wrongdoings that involved less than 274 million baht but, regardless, what the Constitution Court will actually do is up in the air (I suspect that they won't rule against the Democrats given many of the members of that court are likely politically sympathetic with the Democrats).
I have never understood the logic of a law which basically causes an entire political party to go away just because some of its executives did something wrong. I can understand charging the wrongdoers and banning them from political office for "x" number of years but ban the entire party? That's simply nuts in my view.
The dissolutions of Thai Rak Thai and PPP were as a result of financial wrongdoings that involved less than 274 million baht but, regardless, what the Constitution Court will actually do is up in the air (I suspect that they won't rule against the Democrats given many of the members of that court are likely politically sympathetic with the Democrats).
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Posted 12 April 2010 - 09:43 PM
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It appears the wind has changed.
It appears the wind has changed.
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Posted 13 April 2010 - 10:53 AM
This is the Thai version of musical chairs: you eliminate politicians to create empty seats in Parliament.
hehehe.....
hehehe.....
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Posted 14 April 2010 - 10:22 AM
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It appears the wind has changed.
It's also possible that this is all wind and nothing more. Nothing is going to happen unless the Constitutional Court approves. The EC has the luxury of appearing to look fair because the court can dismiss this case any time it likes, just like it dismissed all claims against the Democrats when it voted to ban TRT in 2007. As far as I can see, the game is still fixed at every level. Nothing will change unless the government changes.
