Election Commission of Thailand Rejects Petitions to Dissolve Kao Klai Party Under Section 112 of Political Party Statute Act

The Election Commission of Thailand failed 4 petition to dissolve the party “Kao Klai”, a speech referring to the institute – fixing Section 112 – letting “Thanathorn-Chor” dominate the party

News reports inform that recently, Mr. Sawang Boonmee, Secretary-General of the Election Commission (ECT) as a political party registrar Have an order to stop the matter In the event that there is a request for the Election Commission to consider proposing readiness to agree to the Constitutional Court ordered the dissolution of the Kao Klai Party under Section 92 of the 2017 Political Party Statute Act, since it was deemed unfounded, with all 4 petition consisting of

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1. In the case of accusing Mr. Padipat Santipada, MP for Phitsanulok District 1, Kao Klai Party and the party’s executive committee At that time, during a campaign speech in Phitsanulok province on March 5, 2023, mentioning a royal initiative project, referring to the institute, it violated Article 17 of the ECT’s regulations on campaigning and prohibited characteristics in the 2018 MP election campaign.

2. In the event that The Kao Klai Party has a policy to abolish Section 112 of the criminal law, citing Mr. Pita’s interview. Lim Charoenrat, leader of the party, which has been published on social media.

3. In the case of Mrs. Amarat Chokpamitkul, executive director of the Kao Klai Party Post a message on Facebook about your own position and the position of the Progressive Party regarding Article 112, specifying #Repeat112 “Is 112 a law? If it is..it has to be modified to suit the era. Until you have to cancel If one day the society has a consensus Stop depriving freedom of democratic campaigning.”

4. In case of allegations The Kao Klai Party agreed to let Mr. Thanathorn Jungrungruangkit and Ms. Pannika Wanich lead the election campaign. and represented in the debate with other political parties instead of the Kao Klai Party It controls, dominates, or directs the party’s activities in a way that deprives the party of independence. by the Office of the Election Commission of Thailand has been informed to the petitioner

In this regard, the political party registrar’s opinion to end the matter It is an exercise of power according to Article 7 of the ECT’s Regulations on Collecting Facts and Evidence of the Political Party Registrar 2021, which states that in the case of the political party registrar presenting facts and evidence together with the opinion that There is no reasonable evidence to believe that any political party has acted in accordance with Section 92 of the 2017 Political Parties Act. The petition shall be dismissed or terminated, as the case may be, and notify the petitioner and report to the Election Commission of Thailand.
However, in mid-March, it was reported that From the number of complaints from the end of 2020 to the beginning of 2023, there were 83 complaints about the dissolution of political parties and 61 complaints that the political party registrar deemed unfounded. Therefore, the case was terminated, leaving 19 complaints currently in progress. and operations until now It was found that 5-6 petitions related to the dissolution of the party were still under consideration by the Office.