Staunch royalists Sonthiya Sawasdee and a lawyer, Thirayut Suwankhesorn, separately lodged petitions with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) today, seeking investigations into the ethical conduct of 44 Move Forward MPs who signed up in support of a bill to amend Thailand’s controversial lèse majesté law.
Thirayut petitioned the Constitutional Court to stop the Move Forward party from pushing for an amendment of the law, claiming that such activities constitute an attempt to overthrow the country’s constitutional monarchy. The court found the party and its former leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, were attempting to undermine the monarchy and ordered them to cease such activities.
Thirayut said today that he believes that the Move forward MPs committed a gross ethical violation by seeking to amend the lèse majesté law and would like the NACC to order a probe.
He said he…
