Thai Party Official Pledges Legal Action Against iLaw Director

On July 22, Supajai Jamutsorn, a Bhumjaithai Party list member and legal affairs representative, addressed allegations that Yingluck Achanan, director of iLaw, had submitted a case to the opposition coalition committee requesting an investigation into Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and nine other Bhumjaithai ministers and MPs for allegedly conducting illegal Senate selection. Supajai argued that iLaw, the Progressive Movement of Thanathorn Juanroongruangkit, and Pheu Thai Party operate as a coordinated network. He claimed that before the Senate selection, these groups campaigned together to field candidates under initiatives like "People's Senate" and "Orange Senate," but after failing to achieve their goals, they began attacking the blue-affiliated Senate and Bhumjaithai.

Supajai contended that iLaw and Pheu Thai had ulterior motives and overlapping interests in filing the complaint, citing shared losses when their coordinated efforts did not succeed. He called for an end to using parliamentary committees as political tools and urged respect for the justice process. He noted that the current Senate quota case is under investigation by the Election Commission and the Department of Special Investigation, and that these organizations should be allowed to proceed.

Supajai declared that if iLaw and Pheu Thai truly respect the law, they must allow the justice process to continue rather than holding accusation forums. He asserted that any harm to Bhumjaithai's reputation would be met with legal proceedings, similar to other defamation cases being pursued by the party. He emphasized that Bhumjaithai's right to sue is identical to the right exercised by Pichai Pittakup, secretary of a civil oversight association, in filing complaints against Anutin regarding alleged indirect involvement in local official misconduct during the past election.