(Photo by Pornprom Satrabhaya)Media reported that the Election Commission (EC) recommended on Tuesday afternoon that the Thai Raksa Chart Party be dissolved for allegedly drawing the monarchy into politics, but at 6pm the EC president told the Bangkok Post that the decision was yet to be finalised. The offence falls under the 2018 Political Parties Act, and the EC decision would be sent to the Constitutional Court. If the court agreed with an EC decision to disband Thai Raksa Chart, its 13 executives would be barred from politics -- voting and running for elections -- either for 10 years or for life. The dissolution of Thai Raksa Chart would leave the election strategy of Pheu Thai and other Thaksin-aligned parties in tatters. Thai Raksa Chart was planning to field 108 party-list candidates and run in 175 constituencies.

Source: Bangkok Post February 12, 2019 09:51 UTC