Rights activist Ticha Na Nakorn files the list of people who signed an online petition calling for the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon at the Government House complaint centre in Bangkok on Friday. (Photo by Wassana Nanuam)Former National Reform Council member Ticha Na Nakorn on Friday submitted an online petition with more than 80,000 signatures calling on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to drop his deputy Prawit Wongsuwon from cabinet over the luxury watches affair. The list of online supporters calling for Gen Prawit to step down was submitted by Ms Ticha, a human rights advocate and youth specialist, at the Public Service Centre near Government House in the morning. The names were gathered on the www.change.org website for public complaints from Jan 31-Feb 15 with the aim to pressure Gen Prawit into resigning, as he said last month he would if the people demanded it. Ms Ticha said 80,000 supporters was more than the number stipulated to remove a politician from their post by the referendum law under the 1997 constitution, which required at least 50,000 names.

Source: Bangkok Post February 16, 2018 05:37 UTC