Tribunal to start fraud deliberations
The Constitution Tribunal has scheduled next Thursday to start twice-weekly sessions to deliberate on decisions for two electoral fraud cases - one involving the Thai Rak Thai Party, the other involving the Democrat Party.
The hearings would take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the tribunal was expected to meet for about six sessions to finalise decisions by May 30, tribunal secretary-general Paiboon Warahapaitoon said yesterday.The defence and the prosecution were due to file written closing statements today, completing the hearing process for the cases. "The judicial deliberation will be based on facts, evidence and pertinent legal issues of the two cases and will not to be swayed by public sentiment," he said. The two major parties and three small parties have been fighting fraud charges relating to the botched general election in April last year. If found guilty, the parties could face dissolution and their executives could be banned for five years.
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