Court bans Thailand’s ruling party
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has dissolved the main ruling party and banned Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from politics for five years over a case of voting fraud.
“As the court decided to dissolve the People Power Party (PPP), therefore the leader of the party and party executives must be banned from politics for five years,” said Chat Chonlaworn, head of the nine-judge court panel.
“The court had no other option,” he said.
Thirty-six party executives were also banned from politics for five years.
As a result, the anti-government demonstrators blocking entry to Bangkok’s two main airports, have lifted the blockade, wth the airports operation by the end of the week, but in the meantime many Aussies have already made the trek to Phuket to join Qantas and Australian Government rescue flights.
A Report by The Mole
John Alwyn-Jones
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