The election commission will request that he be suspended as a parliamentarian pending the court’s ruling. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BANGKOK - Thailand’s poll body will refer to the Constitutional Court a case on whether prime ministerial candidate Pita LimjaroenratThe referral of the case was reported by three media outlets.be suspended as a parliamentarian pending the court’s ruling.The referral comes a day before Mr Pita is due to contest a vote on the premiership in the bicameral Parliament. He has the backing of eight parties in an alliance seeking to form the next government.
The progressive Move Forward and another opposition party, Pheu Thai, trounced rivals allied with the army in the May 14 election, in what was widely seen as an overwhelming rejection of nine years of government led or backed by the military.made him ineligible to stand in the May 14 election.In a statement, Move Forward accused the election commission of rushing its referral of the case and said Mr Pita should have been given a chance to respond and refute the allegations.
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