BANGKOK, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's pro-government
protesters rallied outside the Constitution Court Tuesday morning to attempt to
block judges from chairing over the last session of the party dissolution case
against the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and two other parties.
The protesters arrived outside the court and blocked the roads in front of the court since 7 a.m. (2400 GMT), local TV Channel 3 reported.
Their number kept rising and it became uncertain
whether judges could enter the court to conduct the last hearing for leaders of
the PPP, Chart Thai Party and Matchima Tipataya Party to deliver their closing
speeches.
Leaders of the protests announced that they would not
allow judges to enter the court.
The besieging of the Constitution Court by
pro-government protesters prompted the judges to move to chair the last session
of the party-dissolution case at the Administrative Court.
On July 8, the Supreme Court ruled that former House
speaker Yongyuth Tiyapairat, former deputy PPP leader, was found guilty of
buying votes during last Dec. 23 general election, which saw PPP win most votes,
and banned him from engaging in politics for five years.
Under Thailand's Election Law under the 2007
Constitution, if any executive member of a political party committed electoral
fraud, the party could be dissolved and its executive committee will be banned
from engaging in political activities for five years.
Currently, Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat is acting
PPP leader after his predecessor Samak Sundaravej resigned from the party
leadership post on Sept. 30.