Charter Court takes up EC petition on dissolving Future Forward Party
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday (February 5) announced that the Election Commission’s petition seeking dissolution of the Future Forward Party is heading to the ruling.
The court said there would be no further hearings as the complaints and explanations were solid enough for the judges to consider.
The court has requested testimony letters from 17 witnesses in the accused’s document and an opinion document from the secretary of the EC before February 12 in accordance with Article 27, Section 3 of the Organic Act on Constitutional Court Procedures.
The verdict will be read at 3pm on February 21 at the Constitutional Court.
The EC has accused Future Forward of violating Article 72 of the Political Party Act BE2560, which prohibits political parties from receiving donations of money or assets from any sources which it knows are unlawful or has reasonable doubts of it being unlawful. Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit had given a loan of Bt191 million to his party.
Article 92(3) of the same act allows the Constitutional Court to consider dissolving any political party that violates Article 72.