People’s Party MP Parit Wacharasindhu on Tuesday hit back at the prime minister’s denial of political persecution against his party, saying the public should be the judge.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday rejected claims that the People’s Party was being targeted after the Department of Special Investigation said it was looking into possible links between MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu and a major foreign-exchange scam.
Mr Pawoot has denied any connection to the illegal network and said he looks forward to telling investigators his side.
Mr Parit, meanwhile, said the opposition remained focused on four major issues that it believes affect the country’s interests and the integrity of the justice system.
The first concerns alleged collusion in the 2024 Senate election. Mr Parit said the case could have implications beyond the senators’ own status, citing information suggesting possible links to several influential figures in the Bhumjaithai-led government.
He said the public should also watch to see whether the case will proceed to court, or whether the Election Commission would take any action that could be seen as limiting the scope of the investigation.
The second issue concerns a petition seeking an independent inquiry into the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s dismissal of a case of share concealment involving former transport minister Saksayam Chidchob.
The opposition’s third concern is the Interior Ministry’s handling of calls for a disciplinary investigation into the director-general of the Department of Provincial Administration.
Narucha Khosasivilai has been linked to text messages sent to a Line group of civil servants asking them to “help the blue” — a reference to the Bhumjaithai Party — during the February election.
The fourth is the transparency of the TSI Passport project under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, which opposition lawmakers have alleged could improperly benefit private interests.
The TSI Passport (Tambon System Integration) system was designed to link local sub-district data into a centralised platform, but it has faced heavy political scrutiny over procurement and resource duplication.
Meanwhile, Bangkok MP Bhuntin Noumjerm urged authorities to continue expanding their investigation into the Senate election collusion case, arguing that the eight suspects currently named in the DSI case file represented only part of a wider network.
According to Mr Bhuntin, documents returned by prosecutors to the DSI indicate that additional individuals, including organisers and decision-makers, may not yet have been identified publicly.
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