PITA Limjaroenrat of the Move Forward Party has been reinstated as MP after Thailand’s constitutional court ruled that he did not violate the election law last year.
Pita made headlines after his Move Forward Party won most of the votes in May last year.
The 43-year-old Harvard graduate’s political ambitions crashed when the parliament suspended him from his duties as a lawmaker in July and disqualified his nomination to become the country’s next prime minister.
Two cases were filed against him last year.
On Wednesday, Thailand’s Constitutional Court dismissed the first case against Pita that alleged he violated election rules by running for office while holding shares in the long-defunct ITV television station.
The suspended lawmaker denied any wrongdoing, stating he inherited the shares from his late father and that the media company in question, had not operated as a media business since 2007.
Eight of the nine-member panel of judges ruled in favor of Pita, saying he had not violated the constitution.
However, Pita is not yet out of the woods as he faces more serious legal challenge next week. For his second case, the Constitutional Court will decide whether his plan to reform Thailand’s strict lese majeste law is equivalent to overthrowing the democratic government with the king recognized as the head of state.
Pita stated in an interview last year that he would run for office again and would make another attempt to get the premiership.