Politics will erupt in April, says commissioner

By The Nation

 

Election Commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn

 

Election Commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn has predicted a “big ripple” in politics in April next year as the deadline to update party members begins.

Junta chief General Prayut Chan-o-cha last Friday exercised his absolute power under Article 44 to issue and order to extend some deadlines in the Political Party Act for parties to follow. 

 

The order gives party members only one month to decide whether they will stay with their current party or review their political allegiance. Those wishing to maintain their party memberships must submit letters to confirm that choice to party leaders and pay their membership fees between April 1 and April 30 next year, or they will lose their status. 

 

Somchai said on Wednesday that parties that have high number of members would do everything to get all members to confirm their status. 

 

The number of people who pay a party-membership fee will also determine the subsidy each party will get from the party development fund, he said. 

 

The junta has said that the order is aimed at preventing voters from becoming members of more than one party, but Somchai insisted that there could be no duplication in party member lists because his agency’s database was able to detect that.

 

He added that the EC had cooperated with the Interior Ministry’s Office of Civil Registration to update information on Thai citizens and gave copies of that information to all political parties to update their members’ database.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30334908

 

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"Politics will erupt in April, says commissioner",

it's like a volcano..., or a ripe pimple on your nose...

One word BullS>>>

Not too much noise please, other wise 

44 will be knocking on your door.

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Politics will erupt in April, says commissioner

No quotes in citing what the commissioner says.

But in the story "big ripple" in quotes attributable to Somchai:

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Election Commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn has predicted a “big ripple” in politics in April next year

Conclusion, like many article titles I've seen before by Nation, author of article "puts words in the mouth" of the subject(s) of an article seemingly to provoke reader attention.  Big difference between "erupt" and "big ripple."

12 hours ago, webfact said:

The number of people who pay a party-membership fee will also determine the subsidy each party will get from the party development fund, he said.

Now I understand why the Junta wants to rigg the registration process!

" The number of people who pay a party-membership fee will also determine the subsidy each party will get from the party development fund, he said."

 

In other words, parties with lots of poor voters will not be subsidized as much as parties with well-off voters who can pay party-membership fees.

Rumour has it that certain army personal are skulking around villages pilfering party members to move to a certain new party that is very army friendly. 

Just a rumour of course. ??