EC committee finding puts Yongyuth in a precarious spot
Published on February 15, 2008
House Speaker Yongyuth Tiyapairat was yesterday found to have been involved in electoral fraud by an ad hoc Election Commission panel.
The finding could put him on the brink of being disqualified, if the commission proper upholds the finding.
His People Power Party could be dissolved, too, if found to have backed him in the act.
Suvit Theera-pong led the panel. Yongyuth was a close aide of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Yongyuth committed the alleged fraud when standing in the general election as a party-list candidate in Zone 1, which covers Chiang Rai.
The Suvit-panel will send its findings to the full commission for consideration.
Should it endorse them, Yongyuth will have to fight the charges in a mandatory trial in the Supreme Court. There is no parliamentary immunity for offences under electoral law.
A panel source said 10 kamnans insisted they had received Bt20,000 each from Yongyuth.
If the Supreme Court accepts a petition from the five election commissioners, Yongyuth must step down as House Speaker. If the court rules Yongyuth guilty, he must also be disqualified as a member of Parliament.
The commission will now establish a committee to investigate the People Power Party for involvement in Yongyuth's alleged offences. If the commission finds so, it will ask the Constitution Court to rule on whether the party should be dissolved.
Yongyuth appeared shocked by the panel's findings, and that the news media had discovered the result before he did.
"The document was leaked, otherwise why didn't I know the result," he asked. However, he was confident of his innocence.
"It is a set-up to involve me in electoral fraud. I will not say anything today, but the truth will reveal who is behind the scenes," he said, adding that
a 'red card' would not affect his position.
Commission chairman Apichart Sukhagganond said it had yet to read the panel's findings.
Meanwhile, three People Power members of Parliament for Phetchabun were given yellow cards for their involvement in electoral fraud, according to commission secretary-general Suthiphon Thaveechaiygarn.
It will submit these cases to the Supreme Court within the next two weeks.
Atthayuth Butrsripoom
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Published on February 15, 2008
House Speaker Yongyuth Tiyapairat was yesterday found to have been involved in electoral fraud by an ad hoc Election Commission panel.
The finding could put him on the brink of being disqualified, if the commission proper upholds the finding.
His People Power Party could be dissolved, too, if found to have backed him in the act.
Suvit Theera-pong led the panel. Yongyuth was a close aide of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Yongyuth committed the alleged fraud when standing in the general election as a party-list candidate in Zone 1, which covers Chiang Rai.
The Suvit-panel will send its findings to the full commission for consideration.
Should it endorse them, Yongyuth will have to fight the charges in a mandatory trial in the Supreme Court. There is no parliamentary immunity for offences under electoral law.
A panel source said 10 kamnans insisted they had received Bt20,000 each from Yongyuth.
If the Supreme Court accepts a petition from the five election commissioners, Yongyuth must step down as House Speaker. If the court rules Yongyuth guilty, he must also be disqualified as a member of Parliament.
The commission will now establish a committee to investigate the People Power Party for involvement in Yongyuth's alleged offences. If the commission finds so, it will ask the Constitution Court to rule on whether the party should be dissolved.
Yongyuth appeared shocked by the panel's findings, and that the news media had discovered the result before he did.
"The document was leaked, otherwise why didn't I know the result," he asked. However, he was confident of his innocence.
"It is a set-up to involve me in electoral fraud. I will not say anything today, but the truth will reveal who is behind the scenes," he said, adding that
a 'red card' would not affect his position.
Commission chairman Apichart Sukhagganond said it had yet to read the panel's findings.
Meanwhile, three People Power members of Parliament for Phetchabun were given yellow cards for their involvement in electoral fraud, according to commission secretary-general Suthiphon Thaveechaiygarn.
It will submit these cases to the Supreme Court within the next two weeks.
Atthayuth Butrsripoom
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