The Constitutional Court unanimously rejected a petition today, accusing the Pheu Thai party of allowing paroled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to dominate it and using the digital wallet scheme in its election campaign, in violation of §49 of the Constitution.
In the same petition, Decha Chairat also accused Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin of concealing information from the public about the qualifications of Phichit Chuenban, when he appointment him a minister, despite the fact that he was unqualified.
In rejecting the petition, the court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prove that the Pheu Thai party had exercised its rights or liberties to topple the constitutional monarchy, as stipulated in §49 of the charter.
The court also turned down another petition, filed by Thoranut Munsri, accusing the Election Commission of not performing its duties properly, by allowing the Move Forward party to use its policy to amend the lèse majesté law in its election campaign.
The court ruled that, since the petitioner did not clearly specify what action he expected the court to take, it decided to drop the petition.
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