Hej
Moralpredikarna i det odemokratiska "Demokratipartiet" har tydligen tagit emot 250 miljoner baht, som har utbetalats via ett litet tryckeri i små poster för att undgå upptäckt.
Och enligt lag kan detta vara skäl till att upplösa partiet, det ska bli skoj och se om högsta domstolen är lika aktiv nu som dom är när Thaksin är inblandad.
Och i onsdags grät en av deras ministrar ut vid sin avgång, efter att det har framkommit att hon har ägnat sig åt röstköp.
Var inte det sånt som dom politiska motståndarna anklagades för?
Mvh Isan Lover
News » Local News Prachai denies Democrat donation illegal Published: 13/02/2009 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: News Former Matchimathipataya leader Prachai Leophairatana has confirmed he donated 250 million baht to the Democrat party but insisted it did not break any laws.
Mr Prachai yesterday said he made the donation to the party as payment for "its advertising costs" and that he did not think the donation was illegal.
The former head of cement and plastics giant TPI Polene Plc said the donation was made when the previous 1997 constitution was in force.
The old charter did not stipulate what constituted wrongful donations to political parties. He said the donation was made in good faith.
But under the present charter, political parties are prohibited from receiving donations from individuals or companies of more than 10 million baht a year.
The donation is among claims that the opposition is preparing to use against the government in its planned no-confidence debate.
The accusation was first aired last December when United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship leader Nattawut Saikua accused the Democrat party of receiving a 250 million baht donation from TPI Polene, founded by Mr Prachai. TPI Polene allegedly transferred money to the party via a small printing firm.
Among the TPI Polene's executives are Taikorn Polsuwan, a member of the Democrat party. Mr Taikorn is said to be a close aide of Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban.
Election Commissioner Sodsri Sattayatham said initial checks had found the donation was made in 2005 and the 1997 charter did not impose ceilings on political donations.
She said the Department of Special Investigation had received a complaint over the case and asked for the Democrats' financial data from the Election Commission.
The election panel would look into the case as soon as it received a complaint.
Mrs Sodsri said the money trail of donations being made to parties via companies needed to be strictly scrutinised.
She said if it was found that donations stem from illegal sources, political parties that receive them could face dissolution under the Political Parties Act.
The law states that parties and political office holders must not receive donations when they know or suspect that the source of the money could be illegal.
Mr Suthep said the Democrat party's financial standing was always open to scrutiny and criticised the opposition for not "playing by parliamentary rules". PM denies receiving B250 million By: Published: 12/02/2009 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: News Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has denied receiving an illegal 250 million baht donation from former Matchimathipataya leader Prachai Leophairatana. The donation is among claims the opposition is preparing to ''expose'' in a no-confidence debate against the government.
The opposition will also file a motion seeking the impeachment of the prime minister, a move the biggest opposition party, Puea Thai, believes will deliver a knock-out blow to the Democrat-led government.
But Mr Abhisit yesterday insisted there was no donation to ''me or my close aides''.
Deputy Prime Minister and Democrat secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban also insisted no donation had been made.
Election Commission member Sodsri Sattayatham yesterday said the EC would look into the allegation as soon as it received a complaint.
The EC would seek the cooperation of the Anti-Money Laundering Office to follow the money trail if a complaint was made.
The accusation was first aired last December when United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship leader Nattawut Saikua accused the Democrat party of receiving a 250 million baht donation from cement giant TPI Polene Plc, founded by Prachai Leophairatana.
Political parties are barred from receiving donations from individuals or companies of more than 10 million baht a year.
TPI allegedly transferred money to the party through a small printing company.
Among TPI's executives are Taikorn Polsuwan, a member of the Democrat party. Mr Taikorn is said to be a close aide of Mr Suthep.
''That [printing] company does exist, but it was only hired to make advertising boards for the party during election campaigns,'' said Democrat party-list MP Nipon Boonyamanee.
The company's offices are in a two-storey townhouse in Pathum Thani's Lam Luk Ka district. Media reports say the company, which was registered in October 2000, was later declared bankrupt by the Central Bankruptcy Court.
