Democrats may sue Pracha for defamation
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The Democrat Party may sue Pheu Thai MP Pracha Prasobdee for defaming party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva in connection with the voting scancal.
“Pracha has three days to prove Abhisit’s involvement in the scandal,” Democrat spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut said on Friday.
Chavanond said he suspected Pracha had brought up a trumpedup charge against Abhisit in order to divert attention from the scandal involving Pheu Thai MPs.
During the charter change debate on Wednesday, certain senators and MPs called attention to the scandal in which coalition MPs cast votes by using the electronic identification cards of absent colleagues.
The Pheu Thai Party rigorously denied the involvement of its MPs. Subsequently Pracha alleged that Abhisit was also involved in the scandal. He said Abhisit was absent from a March 14 voting session but a Democrat cast the vote on his behalf.
Chavanod countered that Pracha had fabricated the story without evidence to back it up.
