BANGKOK -- Thailand's Election Commission (EC) has referred the case of Pita Limjaroenrat's media shareholding to the Constitutional Court, dealing a blow to the young Move Forward Party leader ahead of Thursday's joint parliamentary session to elect a new prime minister.
Pita has been dogged by allegations that he did not declare a very small inherited shareholding in a currently inactive broadcasting company before running for parliament. Thailand's constitution bars anyone owning media stocks from election.
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