Government Gazette announced Judgment of the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions Imprisonment and disqualification of political rights for 3 Bhumjaithai MPs for the case of inserting their cards instead of each other in the consideration of the 2020 Budget Act.
On July 31, 2023, reporters reported that the Royal Gazette website Published the full judgment of Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions (on July 27), the case that the Attorney General The plaintiff filed a lawsuit against three ex-members of the Bhumjaithai Party, namely Mr. Chalong Terdveerapong, former member of the House of Representatives (MP) Phatthalung District 2, Mr. Poomsit Kongmee, former MP of Phatthalung District 1, and Mrs. Natee Ratchakitprakarn, the former. list of MPs
Being a defendant under the organic law on the prevention and suppression of corruption In the case of inserting MP cards instead of each other in a meeting of the House of Representatives
The Attorney General gave a lecture on the charges against the 3 defendants to the Supreme Court on Criminal Cases for Persons Holding Political Positions. accusing Allow other people to insert their identification cards instead in voting in accordance with each section. in consideration of the draft Expenditure Budget Act for the fiscal year 2020 dated 10-11 Jan. 2020, causing the draft The 2020 Budget Act, items 2-3, are invalid according to the constitution. Claimed to perform duties or omit to perform duties or use their power in the position of the MP to cause damage to the people or performing or omitting to perform duties dishonestly punishable by law Section 172 of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of 1-10 years, a fine of 20,000-200,000 baht, or both.
Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions examined the evidence and found that The accused were sentenced to imprisonment for 3 members of the Bhumjaithai MPs, each serving 1 year in prison, but the investigation resulted in mitigating the punishment, thus reducing the sentence by 1 in 4, maintaining imprisonment for 9 months without parole. and ordered the defendant to vacate his political position. Ready to cut the right to run for election for life
Subsequently, all 3 defendants submitted securities with a request for temporary release. During the appellate hearing the court has considered Temporary release is allowed, the insurance price is 1 million baht per person.
