Pita Limjaroenrat says he only managed shares in a long-defunct media organisation. Read more at straitstimes.com.
violated an election rule on candidacy after earlier throwing out some complaints against him, according to local media reports.
A representative for the office of the Election Commission told Bloomberg News he could not confirm reports of the probe.urging the election body to seek a constitutional court ruling if he should be disqualified as a member of Parliament and prime minister candidate under the charter.despite knowing he was not eligible, which would breach Section 151 of Thailand’s election law, according to local media. Applicants are forbidden from holding shares in a media company under Thai laws.
The investigation is the latest hurdle for a coalition of pro-democracy parties in their attempt to take power after sweeping the May election. Mr Pita’s bloc is seeking the backing of enough lawmakers to ensure his selection as premier in a joint sitting of the lower and upper houses of Parliament, prompting jittery investors to dump Thai stocks, bonds and the currency.
The leader of the Move Forward Party denied the allegations this week, saying the firm had not operated in media since 2007, and he did not own the shares but only managed them as part of an estate left behind by his late father. He said he transferred the shares to avoid the company being “revived” as a media firm to disqualify him later.
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