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EC urged to speed up probe into MFP leader

Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party, thanks supporters in Samut Prakan’s Bang Sao Thong district on May 26. The MFP won a majority in the May 14 general election, bagging 151 House seats and sweeping up all eight MPs seats in Samut Prakan. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

A group of political activists calling themselves Love Democracy on Thursday petitioned the Election Commission (EC) to speed up the probe into Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat's alleged ineligibility to run in the election.

"We'd like to offer the EC moral support and urge it to carefully examine and decide on the case with prudence for the sake of the country and under the democratic system with the King as head of state as soon as possible," said Somchai Chobchai, a representative of the group.

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