Thailand bans political party that nominated ex-princess for prime minister
by Shashank Bengali and Poypiti Amatatham, Los Angeles Times
Mar 07, 2019
3 minutes
BANGKOK - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Thursday banned the political party that nominated a former princess to run for prime minister, dealing a blow to opposition forces vying to defeat allies of the military-led government in the first election since a 2014 coup.
The court ruled that the Thai Raksa Chart party's nomination of Ubolratana Mahidol, the eldest child of Thailand's revered late king and sister to its current monarch,
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