Lawyer Theerayut Suwankesorn filed a petition with Thailand’s Nationwide Anti-Corruption Fee (NACC) Friday in opposition to a number of members of parliament (MPs) of the progressive Transfer Ahead Get together (MFP) as reported by the Thai state information company, Nationwide Information Bureau of Thailand (NNT).
44 MPs of the MFP have been introduced below scrutiny by the petition filed earlier than the NACC for alleged violation of moral conduct. A day earlier than the NACC petition was filed, activist Ruangkrai Leekitwattana filed a petition with the Thai Election Fee (EC) requesting the fee completely dissolve the MFP.
Each petitions look like in response to the Thai Constitutional Court ruling final Wednesday in opposition to the MFP, giving unequivocal safety to the nation’s lese-majeste regulation. The courtroom additionally added that the “Transfer Ahead Get together should stop all makes an attempt to amend the lese-majeste regulation.” The courtroom claimed that any such transfer by the MFP would point out an try and overthrow the nation’s constitutional monarchy.
MFP had moved a invoice within the nation’s parliament to amend section 112 of the penal code, the lese-majeste regulation. The invoice argued for a discount of sentence in instances of conviction below part 112 and that the criticism may solely be filed by a royal family. As per present regulation, anyone can file a criticism below the part for investigation of conduct and the conviction sentence ranges from three to fifteen years in jail.
MFP claims the lese-majeste regulation is incessantly manipulated for political causes. Final 12 months, a human rights lawyer was arrested on costs below part 112 and was put in jail for six years on grounds of “insulting the monarchy.” In line with Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, at the least 262 Thai residents have been prosecuted in 287 separate instances below the lese-majeste regulation in December 2023.
