Right on cue, activist Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Constitution, went to the Election Commission on Dec 6 to file a petition calling on the poll regulator to seek the dissolution of two major parties in connection with the high-profile Chinese criminal syndicate allegedly run by businessman and suspected crime boss Chaiyanat "Tuhao" Kornchayanant.
Thirty-one MPs, most from the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), have officially resigned from the House of Representatives, fuelling fears the void could cripple the work of the Lower House.