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 a license to produce movies, video content or advertisements.
-The Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that there is no evidence to show that iTV has a license to operate a TV station.
-Pita held shares in iTV as executor of his father’s will and the shares amounted to just 0.00348 percent of all the shares in the company and, hence, there is no way that Pita had a controlling interest in the company.
–iTV generates no income from the media business.
The party said that Pita also has confidence in his evidence.
Pita was ordered, by the Constitutional Court, to suspend performance his duties as an MP and he informed the House of his compliance with the order on July 19th.
