By Thai Newsroom Reporters
THE PEOPLE’S will ultimately disapprove of any imminent move to file a lese majeste lawsuit against those who may have tacitly said anything in arbitrary relation to the monarchy by literally telling anyone else to “do it for the one above” because such legal action could probably be politically motivated to unjustly prosecute them in court, the People’s spokesperson/MP Pukkamon Nunarnan confirmed today (Aug.19).
The People’s will ultimately never endorse such legal action which could possibly be taken against anyone suspected of involvement in the 2024 senatorial fraud conspiracy though they may have tacitly mentioned the monarchy by literally saying “do it for the one above” in an apparent effort to coerce and persuade others to take part in the vote-buying, electoral rigging shenanigans, according to the spokesperson of the largest opposition party.
Pukkamon was referring to the reported move in which somebody might probably lodge a case in court on basis of the draconian lese majeste law, also known as Section 112 of the Criminal Code, against one of the 229 senatorial rigging suspects, namely Wittaya Khampuang, the mayor of a municipality in Nong Khai, who had been allegedly associated with the Bhumjaithai, core of the current coalition government, and who had evidently told a number of senatorial contestants at a Pathum Thani hotel where they had stayed to allegedly help with a bloc-voting plot under the electoral rigging conspiracy.
Wittaya had allegedly told those hired candidates to “do it for the one above” with alleged intent to mean the monarchy but the mayor of the upper-northeastern municipality contended that he was merely referring to the Election Commission which held the complicated, triple-tiered senatorial election two years ago.
However, the People’s spokesperson remarked that one could possibly prosecute their political opponents with lese majeste lawsuits at any given time and that the largest opposition party have invariably found it unfair and disagreeable.
She joined her partisan colleagues and government critics in persistent calls for the election commissioners to eventually file lawsuits pertaining to the senatorial rigging allegations to bring all those suspects to justice in the Supreme Court and unfaltering suggestions that they never manage to have “small fish” sacrificed and prosecuted only to keep “big fish” intact from litigations.
Given the fact that four out of the total seven commissioners had been handpicked by an overwhelming, pro-Bhumjaithai majority of senators, critics feared that they will eventually avoid taking legal action against the “big fish” and consequently take the risk of being prosecuted in court on duty-negligence and misconduct charges which could possibly land themselves terms in prison.
The “big fish” apparently refer to several prominent figures among the rank and file of the Bhumjaithai, the largest ruling party surreptitiously steered by de facto party boss Newin Chidchob, for their alleged involvement in the senatorial fraud allegations including party leader/Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, among others, who was seen mingling with winning contestants during a prearranged meeting at a Bangkok hotel frequented by both of them.
On their own part, 10 People’s MPs are currently among a total of 44 defendants in an historic lawsuit earlier filed in the Supreme Court by the National Anti-Corruption Commission on charges of “severely breaching the code of political ethics” by pushing for legislation to amend the lese majeste law. Those include former Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, the People’s leader/MP Nattapong Ruengpanyawut, MP Sirikanya Tansakun and MP Rangsiman Rome, among others.
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Top and Front Page: Mr. Wittaya Khampuang. Photo – PPTVHD36
Insert: People’s MP Pukkamon Nunarnan. Photo – Facebook
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