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Thai election panel disqualifies princess as PM candidate
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 10, 2019 / 7:21 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Thai election panel disqualifies princess as PM candidate
Panarat Thepgumpanat, Panu Wongcha-um
4 MIN READ
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s election panel on Monday disqualified the sister of the king from running for prime minister, putting an end to a stunning, short-lived candidacy by echoing King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s words that royalty should be “above politics”.
The Election Commission released the official list of parties’ candidates for prime minister without the name of Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi, 67, the king’s elder sister.
The list excluded Ubolratana “because every member of the royal family comes within the application of the same rule requiring the monarch to be above politics and to be politically neutral,” the panel said in a statement after a meeting.
The princess had accepted the nomination of the Thai Raksa Chart party, a populist movement drawn from supporters of ousted ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who has been at the center of more than a decade of turmoil in Thai politics.
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Thai election panel disqualifies princess as PM candidate
Panarat Thepgumpanat, Panu Wongcha-um
4 MIN READ
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s election panel on Monday disqualified the sister of the king from running for prime minister, putting an end to a stunning, short-lived candidacy by echoing King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s words that royalty should be “above politics”.
The Election Commission released the official list of parties’ candidates for prime minister without the name of Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi, 67, the king’s elder sister.
The list excluded Ubolratana “because every member of the royal family comes within the application of the same rule requiring the monarch to be above politics and to be politically neutral,” the panel said in a statement after a meeting.
The princess had accepted the nomination of the Thai Raksa Chart party, a populist movement drawn from supporters of ousted ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who has been at the center of more than a decade of turmoil in Thai politics.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-election/thai-election-panel-disqualifies-princess-as-pm-candidate-idUSKCN1Q000L
