Witnesses link Democrats to Songkhla registration delay
In yesterday's Constitution Tribunal hearing on electoral fraud, three prosecution witnesses gave statements linking the Democrats to the Songkhla protests that disrupted the candidacy registration for the April revote last year.
The three witnesses are newspaper reporter Thawat Lambensa, Thai Rak Thai electoral candidate Thaweesak Thaweerat and electoral official Natanan Thongna.Prosecutors have contended that the Democrat Party tried to derail the electoral process during the revote after the April 2 balloting failed to elect a winner for Songkhla. Thawat told the tribunal he was covering the candidacy registration when he saw protesters trying to prevent candidates from small parties from entering the race. Thaweesak said he singled out three ranking Democrats, Thaworn Senniam, Wirat Kalayasiri and Jua Ratchasi, for encouraging protesters. Natanan said the Election Commission felt the anti-vote rally caused the delay in the registration. He said he had doubts as to whether the Democrat Party was the protest organiser or was just trying to exploit the situation. The Nation
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