MP bill could hold up election if rejected, says legislator

[webfact]

MP bill could hold up election if rejected, says legislator

By The Nation

 

Legislator Wallop Tangkananurak on Monday expressed concern that the controversial organic bill governing election of members of parliament could draw out the road map to a 2018 election if rejected by politicians.

 

If the bill was sent to the Constitutional Court for interpretation, the election planned for November next year could be delayed for another one or two months to February 2019, he said.

 

The MPs bill is one of the two remaining of 10 organic bills to be submitted to the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) for deliberation. The other is the Senate bill, which Wallop said would probably not pose any problem.

 

The legislator insisted the NLA would not reject the bills in order to hold up the election.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30329386

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-16

[eliotness]

Delayed ! What no, who would ever believe such a thing was possible !!!

[Srikcir]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The legislator insisted the NLA would not reject the bills in order to hold up the election

The NLA being an NCPO appointed rubber-stamp assembly, it is not likely that it would have the courage to reject any of the bills.

[baboon]

20 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

The NLA being an NCPO appointed rubber-stamp assembly, it is not likely that it would have the courage to reject any of the bills.

'You see this bill? Reject it.'

'Will do, boss...'

[lvr181]

Surprise.............

[Paul Henry]

Legislatative Bills should not need to be interpreted.They should be CLEAR and PRECISE , otherwise they lead to confusion and Governments open to interpret them to suit their own purpose rather than enforce the ACT as written.

[mtls2005]

11 hours ago, Srikcir said:

The NLA being an NCPO appointed rubber-stamp assembly

 

Time for a new 30 baht rubber stamp and ink pad?

 

Seriously, I suspect this is a feature (rather than a bug) of the NLA, with the plan to delay elections using any means necessary.

[TKDfella]

Oh dear, few days from the White House visit and all pledges (if there were any) are forgotten, so here we go again, Ha!

[YetAnother]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

could draw out the road map to a 2018 election if rejected by politicians.

is that correct ? politicians would vote on this ? who ? how ?

[MaxLee]

YAAAAWN.... Tell us something, we don't know

[tigermoth]

Any further delays in an election date are going to seriously undermine the peace and security of the country which is already teetering on the brink of real civil disorder. I am sure the Junta is fully aware of this and unless they are determined to take this country into an autocratic rule must realise it will lead to widespread revolution.

[Srikcir]

1 hour ago, YetAnother said:

is that correct ? politicians would vote on this ? who ? how ?

Not really - the NCPO controls all political processes and its "vote" is the only one that counts.