BANGKOK, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Thailand decided on Tuesday to submit a case to the Constitution Court, alleging that five parties, including the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party and the Democrat Party, committed election fraud, which could lead to the dissolution of the parties.

    The announcement was made after all the 11 top prosecutors voted for a consistent proposal during a crucial meeting on Tuesday on an allegation that TRT of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra hired small parties to contest in the April national election.

    OAG spokesman Atthapol Yaisawang said the OAG, headed by deputy attorney-general Chaikasem Nitisiri, voted unanimously to ask the Constitution Court to consider dissolving TRT for allegedly violating Article 66 of the Political Party Act.

    Meanwhile, the persecutors also found the Democrat Party and other three small parties broke the law.

    "The committee also voted unanimously to ask the court to dissolve the Democrat, Prachatipatai Kaona Party, Patana Chat Thai Party, and Thai Ground Party for allegedly violating the Constitution and Article 66 of the Political Party Act," Atthapol said.

    Atthapol said the committee would submit the cases to the attorney-general for endorsement to forward the cases to the Constitution Court.

    The Constitutional Court is empowered to make the final ruling. If the court upholds the resolution, executives of the five parties will be barred from leading new political parties for five years, but they may become ordinary members of other political parties, said Attapol.

    As such, they could still be nominated by their parties to become ministers, including holding the post of prime minister, in the next government, he added.

    This means that current Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, head of the Thai Rak Thai party, and premier-hopeful Abhisit Vejjajiva, head of the Democrats, might still be eligible to contest the next election under a different party banner.

    Both parties were accused of tampering with the outcome of the April 2 general election by paying small opposition parties to contest the polls, or by attempting to discredit the electoral process.

    The April 2 polls was boycotted by Thailand's three main opposition parties, including the Democrats, creating a one party race led by the ruling Thai Rak Thai party.

    Just on the eve of Tuesday's landmark decision, caretaker Prime Minister and TRT leader Thaksin Shinawatra met Attorney-General Patchara Yutithamdamrong.

    Patchara vowed not to bow to political pressure from any quarter but said he would stick to observing and applying the law.

    The attorney general said that the meeting with Thaksin was unconnected with the case, and that the premier had asked him to abide by the law without favoring anyone.

    Thai Rak Thai has been accused of paying smaller parties to contest the April 2 general election to evade the constitutional requirement that unchallenged candidates must get at least 20 percent of the eligible vote to win a seat.

    However, Prime Minister Thaksin stood firm in contending that the party should not be dissolved.

    Thaksin said earlier that his party had committed no mistake, and therefore, there were no grounds to justify the dissolution of his party.

    The April 2 polls were annulled by the country's top courts for being unconstitutional, and new polls have been scheduled for Oct. 15. Enditem