Thai court rules to dissolve Thai Raksa Chart Party over princess PM nomination

BANGKOK - The Constitutional Court of Thailand on Thursday ruled to dissolve Thai Raksa Chart Party over its nomination of Princess Ubolratana Mahidol as candidate for prime minister in the March 24 election.

"The court has ordered that the party be dissolved," Judge Taweekiet Meenakanit said in the ruling, which also banned the executive board members of Thai Raksa Chart Party from politics for 10 years.

The Election Commission had asked the court to dissolve the party after it nominated Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi for prime minister in the election, the first since a 2014 coup.

Xinhua/Reuters