Election panel justifies its decision to send Pita's case to charter court


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Election Commission (EC) is only performing its duties in filing the case against Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat in the Constitutional Court as stipulated by the 2017 Constitution, the election agency said in a statement on Thursday (July 13).

On Wednesday, the EC resolved to petition the Constitutional Court seeking the disqualification of Pita as an MP for holding 42,000 shares in media firm, iTV Plc, when he filed his papers to run in the May 14 election.

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