EC postpones decision on Yongyuth case
The Election Commission has decided to postpone its decision on the elecotoral fraud case against House Speaker Yongyuth Tiyapairat to Tuesday.
Election Commission chairman Apichart Sukhagganond said after receiving the result of the investigation into the case by a fact-finding panel headed by Suwit Theerapong.
Apichart reasoned that the EC members needed time to go through lots of document involving the case and the result of the investigation alone was 15 pages. Besides Yongyuth had requested the EC to further question one more witness who is a police colonel. The EC permitted the panel to question the witnesss and report on the testimony on Tuesday, the same day that the EC would meet again to make the decision.
Apichart dismissed speculations that the move to further question more witnesses was Yongyuth's buying time tactic. He said the EC would allow only one more witness questioning and would certainly make the decision on Tuesday.
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