Suriyasai alleged Thaksin had broken election laws by promising to hand over property that could be measured in monetary value during the election campaign.

Thaksin said at a rally in Ban Pue village, Khon Kaen, that the village had received Bt300,000 from the government's SML (Small, Medium, Large) project and would receive more if he was reelected prime minister, the document said. And Thaksin's supporters have been giving away Tshirts and headbands, or selling them for less than cost price.

Suriyasai gave Ekkachai one of the Tshirts and a headband. The EC couldn't say the evidence wasn't enough to investigate, Suriyasai said, as photographs existed of Thaksin giving away his own money to students while on the hustings.

He said the EC couldn't employ double standards. It had disqualified former Democrat MP Thanin Jaisamut for attacking his opponents during an election campaign, but what Thaksin had done was worse, said Suriyasai.

Meanwhile, government spokesman Surapong Suebwonglee yesterday rejected the accusations by a group of 60 law lecturers from 14 universities that the premier had committed violations of the electoral law.

The lecturers on Tuesday released an open letter calling on the Election Commission to disqualify Thaksin.

The spokesman meanwhile denied Thaksin had mobilised state facilities and services while campaigning. Surapong also said that the PM made promises during a recent campaign rally as part of the ruling party's policy platform.