Boonjong's MP status suspended
Bhum Jai Thai MP Boonjong Wongtrairat has suspended his duty pending the judicial review on his involvement in electoral fraud, Deputy House Speaker Charoen Chankomol said on Thursday.
Boonjong's job suspension is mandatory after the Supreme Court's Election Cases Division ruled on Wednesdy to review the Boonjong case.
In the prosecution writ, the Election Commission issued a red card to disqualify Boonjong's by-election victory in 2010 on grounds that he was involved in campaign violations.
Boonjong was accused of organising a trip for local officials from his Nakhon Ratchasima constituency to the Rayong seaside resort, which could be construed as vote-buying.
The EC ruled to remove his voting right for five years, tantamount to a ban to contest the elections.
Under the elections law, the EC ruling is subjected for the mandatory judicial review.
Should the high court endorse his disqualification, his party is liable to face the punishment by dissolution. The political party provisions prescribe for disbandment upon the campaign fraud conviction involving an executive.
The Nation
