If the court decides to consider the case, Mr Thanathorn will have 15 days to respond and/or submit a countercharge to the charges. Mr Thanathorn, who is among the 149 party-list MPs that have been endorsed, could be suspended from his position if the court finds enough grounds to accept the complaint, as outlined by Section 82 of the Constitution. Since MP candidacy applications were held between Feb 4-8, if Mr Thanathorn was still a shareholder on March 21, then he was not qualified to apply as a candidate. Ms Pannika insisted the party and Mr Thanathorn did not break any law and the loan was approved by the party's executives. Activist Srisuwan Janya said he would petition the EC on Tuesday to investigate the issue and determine if Mr Thanathorn broke the law.

Source: Bangkok Post May 20, 2019 11:26 UTC