Chaturon says he will talk to EC
Thai Rak Thai Party acting leader Chaturon Chaisang said yesterday he would report to the Election Commission (EC) on Friday but insisted he had not violated the ban on political gatherings.
"I shall be pleased to discuss the matter with the election commissioners," he said. However, the EC as an independent body should not fall under the influence of the junta, he added. EC chairman Apichart Sukhagganond said the EC was investigating Chaturon's recent trip to meet his constituents in the Northeast in spite of the junta's ban on political gatherings. He insisted the EC had done so out of duty, not because it was biased against the Thai Rak Thai party "Chaturon will give his side of the story to help the EC gather factual information before deciding whether to file any charges," Apichart said. If Chaturon is found to have violated the ban, the EC will have to decide whether it has a mandate to rule on the matter or forward the case for review by the Constitution Tribunal.
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