TRT leaders fear the end is near
Leading members of the Thai Rak Thai Party believe the party will be dissolved after the Constitution Tribunal verdict in two weeks, a party source said yesterday.
However, a number of supporters would join a PTV rally "to oust the junta" if members were banned from registering with a new party, the source said. A key Thai Rak Thai member, who refused to be named, said party executives and former MPs had over the past week discussed the possibility of the party and the rival Democrat Party being dissolved, when the verdict is announced on May 30. Most of them believed that Thai Rak Thai would be dissolved, the source said. In the event that the tribunal ruled that both parties should be disbanded, they believed Thai Rak Thai supporters would accept it, the source said. If the junta blocked some members from registering a new party after Thai Rak Thai was dissolved, however, the source said key members would lead supporters to join the PTV rally at Sanam Luang on May 31 to "oust the CNS". Meanwhile, former Thai Rak Thai MP Pracha Prasobdee said a verdict to dissolve the party could spark social unrest, as it would make people more dissatisfied with the junta, which had failed to reconcile the nation.
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