the next twenty four hours on banning a political party linked to the deposed prime minister taksin shinawatra and the party nominated the king's sister as candidate for prime minister of the world family has stopped her bid for power and next month's general election when he has more from bangkok. two weeks ago the tire rocks a chart party entered the political spotlight as they launched their election campaign the leaders talked about the need for thailand to innovate. but the candidate chosen to stand as prime minister proved to be an innovation to follow in a country where the monarchy is regarded as above politics. princess was ruled ineligible after the palace sidhu nomination was in violation of royal tradition and culture and highly inappropriate after a complaint from an independent constitution monitoring organization the election commission has recommended that the court dissolve the party if the court agrees it would be the dissolution of a political party backed by former prime minister taksin shinawatra who lives in exile after his overthrow in the two thousand and six military c

friday when she announced she would be running for a populist party loyal to ousted ex premier taksin shinawatra let's get some more on all of this and for that we're joined on the line by the boston heartache who is in the thai capital bangkok hello to bust and so is there now any chance of the princes could still run perhaps as an independent so i think it's back to a question i think it's important to understand that. the position of the monarchy in that country the mark even to suit that is highly revered in that it's highly respected it didn't highlight it it's a defacto untouchable and there are three laws required to any criticism of the modern p. and the family of the king no the king came out yesterday in a statement which we broadcast on all sides television station site. cruelly saying that you think that inappropriate for a high ranking member of the royal family to get involved and to go on for political office and now and having i think do that and i think it's completely inconceivable that any one beautiful party or be different than what stand up in and openly oppose the king on

intriguing too for which party this is this is a party that is backed by the former prime minister taksin shinawatra was ousted in the coup in two thousand and six the government of his sister. was ousted in the most recent coup in two thousand and fourteen and of always being seen as anti establishment and the battles between the supporters of the shinawatra the supporters of the elites in the establishment mainly in the capital bangkok is why we have seen so much violence on the streets of thailand over the past decade or so to now have a member of the royal family being nominated as a candidate to become prime minister by this party backed by the shinawatra certainly an intriguing development.

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her roles in thai films she was put forward by the party lawyers of the former prime minister taksin shinawatra who was ousted by the military in two thousand and six and now lives in exile chief and current leader fry of channel will also contest the last twenty four votes he seized power from the democratic government in twenty fourteen making himself prime minister has when a reports now from bangkok. the intriguing and often unpredictable world of thai politics just went to another level this is the official launch of the election campaign that vote due to take place on march twenty fourth but the event was completely overshadowed really by the announcement from the thai child party that it would be fielding a member of the royal family as its candidates to become prime minister in that election that member of the royal family princess the oldest sister of king what year long called this is intriguing because it's never happened in thailand before the royal family always seen as being above politics even though that everyone in this country knows that they are the most powerful body in the

court agrees it would be the dissolution of a political party backed by former prime minister taksin shinawatra who lives in exile after his overthrow in the two thousand and six military coup. talks inch in a what has spent his political career fighting the establishment and on friday ties thought he had staged a major coup himself by having a member of the royal family fronting the campaign for one of his parties but it appears to have been a major miscalculation for dissolution would also mean the members of the party's executive committee would be banned from politics for a minimum of ten years. last week the party's advisor and a long time tax an ally told al-jazeera about his concerns that the campaign and next month's election won't be free and fair is designed in the first players so that he point out we'll be able to extend its power to thailand's military leaders who form the government since the latest coup in two thousand and fourteen removed texans main party per tie it still able to take part in next month's vote the decision by the election commission to ban the thai rocks a chan

court agrees it would be the dissolution of a political party backed by former prime minister taksin shinawatra who lives in exile after his overthrow in the two thousand and six military coup. taksin chyna what has spent his political career fighting the establishment and on friday ties thought he had staged a major coup himself by having a member of the royal family fronting the campaign for one of his parties but it appears to have been a major miscalculation dissolution would also mean the members of the party's executive committee would be banned from politics for a minimum of ten years. last week the party's advisor and a long time tax an ally told al-jazeera about his concerns that the campaign and next month's election won't be free and fair it is designed in the first players so that he. will be able to extend its power and thailand's military leaders have formed the government since the latest coup in two thousand and fourteen removed texan's main party per tie it still able to take part in next month's vote. the decision by the election commission to ban the thai rocks a chant party

her roles in thai films she was put forward by the party loyal to the former prime minister taksin shinawatra who was ousted in two thousand and six now lives in exile the chief and current leader from the channel will also contest the march twenty fourth he seized power from the democratic government and twenty four team making himself prime minister dominic ford has written a book on the time royal family he says that friday's announcement represents a dramatic shift well the rumors of influence your around for about a month and nobody took them very seriously because it was such of an enormous step but this way they've built up and of course today the rumor has become a story this is a big big departure traditionally the monarchy the palace of kept well apart from politics. suddenly that was a whole mall of the last writing king who oppose right so they kept apart from politics.

agrees it would be the third dissolution of a political party backed by former prime minister taksin shinawatra who lives in exile after his overthrow in the two thousand and six military coup talks inch in a what has spent his political career fighting the establishment and on friday ties thought he had staged a major coup himself by having a member of the royal family fronting the campaign for one of his parties but it appears to have been a major miscalculation for dissolution would also mean the members of the party's executive committee would be banned from politics for a minimum of ten years. last week the party's advisor and a long time taxon ally told al-jazeera about his concerns that the campaign and next month's election won't be free and fair is designed in the first players so that he. will be able to extend its power to thailand's military leaders who form the government since the latest coup in two thousand and fourteen removed texans main party a tie it still able to take part in next month's votes. the decision by the election commission to ban the tie rocks a chant party came

than simply ruling the princes in eligible and weigh in what implications does this have for taksin shinawatra who backs this party. yes well he was the one that tours ousted in the coup when he was prime minister back in two thousand and six sorry still very much influential in thai politics backing this party as you mentioned also a much larger party time which was ousted in the most recent coup in two thousand and fourteen and the reason he set up this tie rocks a chart party which nominated the princess as its candidate to become prime minister was really a case of hedging his bets because his main party per thai is also facing the prospect of dissolution because some of its key leadership are also facing legal challenges if they're found guilty of some of those charges the party could also be dissolved so the chart was a bit of a back up also a way of spreading support around to try to win as many seats in the election on march twenty fourth both in constituency seats and also on the party list so if this party is dissolved of course of her thai is dissolved as a huge sit back for the shi

intriguing for the fact that this time rex achad a new party is backed by the former prime minister taksin shinawatra was ousted in a coup in two thousand and six he is always being seen as being anti establishment his sister being lection the one who government was ousted in the most recent two in two thousand and fourteen and they both live in self-imposed exile avoiding jail terms for a variety of charges so this is extremely interesting that this decision has been made and it will take certainly a while for thailand to on this and find out exactly what it means for the political landscape and when what about the current prime minister what do we know about his plans. yes well there has been a lot of speculation really for weeks if not months about what priority johnno child would do that he is the man a retired army general who led the coup in two thousand and fourteen has been the prime minister ever since my hand is really refused to commit about what his future political plans might me but again in the last few minutes he has accepted an invitation from another political body another new one.

public roles in thai films she was put forward by the party loyal to the former prime minister taksin shinawatra who was ousted in two thousand and six now lives in exile army chief and currently the trial of channel will also contest the march twenty fourth he seized power from the democratic government in twenty fourteen making himself prime minister dominic fulda has written a book on the tire royal family he says that friday's announcement represents a dramatic shift. well the rumors have been floating around for about a month and nobody took them very seriously because it's such an enormous step but this way they've built up and of course to date the rumor has become a story this is a big big departure traditionally the monarchy palace of kept well apart from politics. suddenly that was a whole mock of the last king who appoints right so they kept apart from party politics any interference was avoided this this situation is intriguing because princes it is technically no longer a princess she was the first born of king bhumibol own but she married an american in one thousand nine hundred se

saying royals should be above politics as hard as linked to the exiled former prime minister taksin shinawatra when a joins us live now from bangkok so when was this move expected. well i think once we saw that very strongly worded statements issued from the palace late on friday night in response to this nomination that had taken place early on friday from the party nominating the princes as its candidate to become prime minister there was only really one way that the election commission was going to go would have been a big surprise if the commission had gone against that statement from the palace which basically condemned the decision by thai rocks attached to the chart rather to bring the royal family into politics the real family seen as being above politics in thailand what the palace says goes on in that statement it said that this nomination of the princess was inappropriate and unconstitutional so the election commission has agreed basically with that statement and is forwarding it on to the constitutional court in the court will decide if this party will be dissolved so what does thi

court agrees it would be the dissolution of a political party backed by former prime minister taksin shinawatrawho lives in exile after his overthrow in the two thousand and six military coup. taxon chyna what has spent his political career fighting the establishment and on friday ties thought he had staged a major coup himself by having a member of the royal family fronting the campaign for one of his parties but it appears to have been a major miscalculation dissolution would also mean the members of the party's executive committee would be banned from politics for a minimum of ten years. last week the party's advisor and a long time tax an ally told al-jazeera about his concerns that the campaign and next month's election won't be free and fair it is designed in the first players so that he point out we'll be able to extend its power and thailand's military leaders have formed the government since the latest coup in two thousand and fourteen removed texan's main party per thai its still able to take part in next month's votes. the decision by the election commission to ban the thai rocks a c

instability rather than a period of national reconciliation which supporters of prime minister taksin shinawatra who was ousted in two thousand and six had hoped so i mean if if if indeed it now means that she can't stand that one conclusion but that means very twists and turns in thailand recently as a possible she could still stand and if she does then how difficult it does it make it for anyone else to stand against. yes it is possible that she will still stand her royal status is contested it is not sometimes she likes having it both ways that she is outside the royal family which gives her some freedoms but she also sits and performs in royal ceremonies. it would be very hard to run against her especially for someone like pretty the military leader or former military leader now prime minister because he had really hoped to win the support of the royalists in the upcoming election in march and she clearly would have put peeled away much of that support while consolidating the large constellation but not necessarily unified group of parties that are. thank you very much indeed. for joining us

for which party this is this is a party that is that is backed by the former prime minister taksin shinawatra who was ousted in a coup in two thousand and six the government of this is just a young like she was removed in the most recent coup and they've always been seen as being anti establishment the u.n. human rights on voy investigating the murder of journalists. there was a brutal premeditated killing planned then perpetrated by saudi officials the findings by special repertory follow a week long mission to turkey to examine evidence the white house aides will travel to the middle east later this month he'll be visiting to present part of his peace plan for the region sudanese for testers are calling for the release of activists detained during weeks of demonstrations against president obama invest here the rally was called to express solidarity with the hundreds of people who have been arrested since protests started in december human rights activists say at least forty five have been killed. thousands of people have been demonstrating in the haitian capital calling on the president to