Seven political parties apply for registration

The registration of new parties is allowed on Monday after the amendment to the military junta's rules to ban the action, issued shortly after it toppled Thaksin government.

The seven are as followings;

1. Chat Pattana : Piyawat Limpapan as leader

2. Sri Siam : Nitithammawat Rattanasuwan as leader

3. Prachamati : Pramuan Rojanaseree as leader

4. Phue Thai : Bannajongsak Wongrattanawan as leader

5. Sieng Prachachon : Kamjorn Chaowarat as leader

6. She Daeng : Maj Gen Kattiya Sawasdiphon as leader

7. Rak Thai : Dr Yuwaret Sitthicharnpanya as leader

EC will examine the applications concerning the party's name, policies, regulations and the party's meetings to know whether they qualified to be a political party or not.