Democrats probed over referendum campaign
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The political party registrar has appointed a fact-finding committee to probe the Democrats' campaign against the national referendum on Constitution amendment, Election Commission secretary-general Puchong Nutrawong said on Wednesday.
Puchong said EC chairman Apichart Sukhagganond, in his role as political party registrar, had ordered the panel to consider whether an article posted by Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva on Facebook and a speech by former secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban urging people in Nakhon Pathom not to vote in the referendum, were against the Constitution and thus a cause for the party to be dissolved.
The panel has 30 days to gather the information, said Puchong.
