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EC asked if ban on leader could apply to all Move Forward candidates

PPRP candidate presses for Pita to be barred on grounds that he holds shares in a defunct media business

Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat meets supporters near Victory Monument in Bangkok on May 4. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)

A Palang Pracharath candidate has asked the Election Commission if all Move Forward Party candidates should be barred from holding office if their leader is found to have violated a rule against holding shares in a media business.

Ruangkrai Leekitwattana on Thursday cited the opposition party’s own regulations in seeking an even broader interpretation from the EC in the case of Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat.

On Wednesday the PPRP party-list candidate…

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