Wan Muhamad Noor Matha (PCC) Pichet Chuamuangphan (PTP) Paradorn Prissanananthakul (BTP) Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut (PP)

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Following its formation, the junta issued a classified order to suppress the activities of the PPP and to frame it for lèse majesté.

However, the Election Commission dismissed the complaint on the grounds that the Council for National Security (CNS) had granted itself immunity in the 2007 Constitution of Thailand.

Charnchai Silapauaychai, a popular former Democrat Party member from Phrae who switched to the PPP for the 2008 election, was assassinated.

Five men, one of them cousin of a powerful Democrat Party MP were arrested, but all denied involvement.

[3] Despite being the junta's target for suppression, the PPP won 233 out of 480 parliamentary seats, close to controlling the majority in the House of Representatives.

[22] Disqualified were: In January 2008, a coalition government was announced bringing together the PPP and the five smallest parties.