Court prepares for party dissolution cases

Following petitions from the Office of the Attorney-General, the court accepted it would decide and rule on whether the three parties should be disbanded, court secretary-general Paiboon Warahapaitoon said.

The next step is for defence teams for the parties to file defence writs within 15 days, Paiboon said.

After receiving these writs, the court will then announce scheduling for the three inquiries. The judges will choose either to hold the inquiries concurrently or to arrange them in a sequence based on the complexity of evidence.

In regard to the poor health of People Power Party caretaker leader Samak Sundaravej, Paiboon said it would not delay the judicial proceedings because Samak could designate a representative to testify on his behalf.

He said it was too early to speculate on how long the inquiries would last.