Court ruling on parties dissolution may be "solution"

Sumeth said he disagreed with the recommendations from the the EC fact-finding panel headed by Bunthan Dokthaisong. "I felt the panel drew the line for me to walk,'' he said.

He said other EC members alo agreed with him so they decided to appoint a legal team to interpret the law to see whether legal specialists agree with the legal interpretation by the Bunthan panel.

The Bunthan panel recommended the EC could not take recourse Articles 237 and 103 of the Constitution organic law for the case. The law discussed only the issue of party executives acknowledging electoral fraud or failing to take action against electoral fraud. It was not about party executives themselves committing an electoral offence.

The EC yesterday assigned a legal panel headed by Supol Yutithada to interpret Articles 237 and 103 of the Constitution organic law as to whether the case merits a charge of party dissolution when a party executive commits fraud without the knowledge of other executives.

Supol was instructed to provide legal recommendations on the issue within 15 days.