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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
... to the disbandment of the PPP because the same court already convicted former PPP deputy leader Yongyuth Tiyapairat of committing election fraud in December's elections. Under Thailand's constitution, if the executive of a political party is found guilty of committing fraud or vote buying, the entire party must be dissolved and its executives banned from politics for five years. The PPP...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
[JURIST] Thailand's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) on Friday filed a petition to have the country's Constitutional Court dissolve the ruling People's Power Party (PPP) because of election fraud allegedly committed by one of its former top officers. Former PPP deputy leader Yongyuth Tiyapairat was convicted of organizing a vote-buying scheme by the Constitutional Court in July, and under...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Bangkok - Thailand's Office of the Attorney General on Friday requested the Constitution Court accept a case seeking to dissolve the People Power Party (PPP), the lead party in the coalition government. The case, if accepted, was expected to lead to the disbandment of the PPP because the same court already convicted former PPP deputy leader Yongyuth Tiyapairat of committing election fraud in...