BANGKOK: A key party linked to Thailand’s powerful Shinawatra clan was dissolved Thursday by a court, just weeks before a general election, over its i...
Thai Raksa Chart party leader Preechaphol Pongpanit with other officials arrives at the Constitutional Court in Bangkok — AFPA key party linked to Thailand’s powerful Shinawatra clan was dissolved Thursday by a court, just weeks before a general election, over its ill-starred bid to front a princess as a candidate for premier.
Thai Raksa Chart was found guilty of committing an act “hostile to the constitutional monarchy” by the nine-member Constitutional Court who unanimously voted to dissolve the party. Dissolution is a hammer blow to the prospects of the powerful Shinawatra clan winning a parliamentary majority in March 24 polls.
Thai Raksa Chart was set to compete in 174 constituencies with 108 candidates vying for seats through the party list - a system to allocate extra parliamentary seats according to the proportion of votes they scoop up. But Pheu Thais’ electoral dominance has been cast into doubt by a new system crafted by the junta specifically to limit the number of seats it can win.
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