Move Forward confident that Pita will be cleared in iTV shareholding case

The opposition Move Forward party believes that its former leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, will be cleared of a charge that he held a stake in the iTV media company when he applied for candidacy in the May 14th general election last year and will not lose his parliamentary status.

The Constitutional Court is scheduled to deliver its ruling this Wednesday.

The Move Forward party released a 7-minute video yesterday, explaining why the party believes that Pita, currently chief advisor to the incumbent leader of the party, will be cleared by the charter court and will resume his duties in the party as a party-list MP.

The reasons cited by the Move Forward party to support its belief are:

-iTV no longer has a license to operate a television station,after the government cancelled its contract in 2007.

-iTV has never registered to produce newspapers or other printed materials. It does not hold…