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Published on January 18, 2008

The party requested copies of the EC's rulings endorsing or disqualifying election winners. It also presented more evidence of violations allegedly committed by certain MP candidates for the EC to reconsider its decision.

If the party reads the rulings and finds the EC was not right, it will take recourse to Article 219 to seek a review by the Supreme Court, deputy party secretary-general Thaworn Senniam said yesterday.

The party's move had nothing to do with its candidate Chaiwat Sinsuwong's complaints against the People Power Party (PPP) filed with the Supreme Court, which will announce today if the PPP is the surrogate of the disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party. The Democrats have also produced a 12-minute VCD showing that 29 people made 12 complaints against deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra over the give-aways of VCDs during election campaigns.

It also explains how Thaksin was linked with PPP, how he helped PPP's rallies during the election and how PPP leader Samak Sundaravej was linked with Thaksin, he said.

The fact that Thaksin in the VCDs given to villagers called on voters to support PPP candidates showed that he was involved in the rallies even though he had been banned from politics, Thaworn said.

"Some EC members have said that distributing VCDs violates Article 53 for offering things to sway votes. Thaksin also made a deceitful statement that if voters vote for the PPP, he can return to Thailand.

"Actually he can come back anytime," he added.

The Nation