Pita Limjaroenrat, the chief of the Move Forward Party (MFP), is going through elevated scrutiny over claims that he owns shares in a now-defunct media company. Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, a Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) list-MP candidate, just lately petitioned the Election Commission (EC) and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to research Pita, who is also the party’s prime ministerial candidate.
This follows Pita’s clarification on Tuesday, stating that the iTV shares belong to his family, but appear to be registered under his title, as he was appointed executor for the shares when his father handed away 17 years ago. Incredibly talked about that the NACC had been briefed in regards to the shares’ existence, and he was not concerned about the fresh attempt to discredit him.
However, Ruangkrai insisted that, according to company registration paperwork from the Department of Business Development, as of April 27 last 12 months, Pita owned 42,000 shares in iTV. Ruangkrai also highlighted that during iTV’s final shareholder’s assembly, the company’s executives claimed that iTV was still a media firm, although it had ceased operations.
Ruangkrai acknowledged that Pita may need already explained the scenario relating to the shares to the NACC, but the new petition for the EC pertains to Pita’s eligibility to run in the past basic election. Adding to this, Ruangkrai did not discover any point out of those iTV shares within the asset record Pita declared to the NACC when he was sworn in as an MP after the final election. As a outcome, Ruangkrai additionally petitioned the NACC to investigate potential false asset declaration by Pita.
According to Ruangkrai, the Election Commission should act rapidly in this case, as its decision may possibly change the outcome of the election. If the EC pursues the Constitutional Court’s opinion on the difficulty, the situation may finish similarly to the media shareholding case involving Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, who’s now serving as a campaign assistant for the MFP. Thanathorn was disqualified as an MP after the court dominated that he was ineligible to run in the final election due to his shares in V-Luck Media Co.
While Ruangkrai dismissed criticism that he was attempting to discredit Pita, the media share case towards Pita has acquired blended reactions. Senator Somchai Sawaengkarn cited Section 1599 of the Civil and Commercial Code, stating that Pita couldn’t claim the iTV shares didn’t belong to him, as he mechanically acquired his part of the inheritance when his father handed away, stories Bangkok Post..

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