Two coalition parties to be disbanded (or not?)

I personally do think Thai politics are great; they are like Thai soap operas, a lot of screaming, no plot resembling any reality and purely for entertainment only.
In the end a big cheque is sent to the main actors, who will then be invited to play in the next soap, under different identities but still totally recognizable to any viewer."

AFP:

"Thai election authorities said on Friday they will ask a court to disband two partners in Thailand's coalition government after an investigation concluded they had bought votes in December polls." ...
"The two parties are key partners in a coalition government led by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's People Power Party (PPP). But even if the coalition lost the 45 seats the parties hold, the remaining partners would still hold a comfortable majority, with 271 of the 480 seats in parliament.
However, Samak has launched a drive to amend the constitution and strip the courts of the power to disband political parties. He argues that the threat of party dissolution destabilises the government. The constitution was drafted by a panel following a 2006 coup and was approved in a national referendum in August."

The Nation:

"Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama said yesterday nothing would stop the government from amending the charter.
The government has been under attack for many weeks for its decision to amend the charter, especially Article 237, which in effect states that if a party executive is found guilty of electoral fraud, then the political party of which the executive is a member should be disbanded.
Critics see the move as an act of self-preservation, and a PPP Deputy Leader is facing such a charge.
The foreign minister criticized Article 237 as unsound. "This Article 237 has never existed in Thai history. It's against religious teaching for someone to commit a wrongdoing and then someone else pay for it," Noppadon said. "Punishment should be reserved for the one who has committed the crime. So any party executive who committed an offence should be punished, but the party should not be disbanded. Otherwise, people could try to have parties dissolved," said Noppadon."

Update: from The Nation, April 20:

"Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej admitted Sunday that his coalition government has to rush to amend the Constitution because the Election Commission is bent on dissolving three coalition partners.
He said the government would collapse if the People Power Party, Chart Thai Party and Matchima Tipataya Party were dissolved so the coalition had to amend the charter for the future.
Speaking during his Talk in Samak's Style live programme on NBT channel, Samak said he initially planned to amend the charter during the last three months of his government's term but he now had to rush to push for the amendments because of the dissolution cases."