Court dissolves Thai political party that nominated princess for prime minister

BANGKOK - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Thursday dissolved a political party which tried to nominate the king's sister for the role of prime minister, ruling it out of the much-awaited March 24 general election.

Thai Raksa Chart, a four-month-old party, stunned the Kingdom on Feb 8 when it nominated Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya - the elder sister of King Maha Vajiralongkorn - for the post of prime minister. The Election Commission, which later disqualified Thai Raksa Chart's nomination, proposed that the party be dissolved for being"hostile to the constitutional monarchy".

Running in the same March 24 poll are several parties striving to get current prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha reinstated as premier after the election. In the run-up to the court decision, Thai Raksa Chart did not let up in its cross-country election campaign, arguing that the five-year-old military government had not done enough to help the average households bogged down by moribund incomes and stubborn debt.

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