Senate selection committee not yet formed

 

 

BANGKOK, 22 October 2018 (NNT) – The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) hasn’t yet appointed a senate selection committee, according to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam. 

Wissanu said members of the upper house will be divided into three groups. The first group comprised of six individuals, will be appointed by the NCPO. While the second group is made up of 50 individuals from 20 professional groups. 

The second group will be elected through a cross-voting system, in line with the 2018 Organic Election of Senators Act. 

Slated to take place before January 2nd, 2019, the election of 50 Senators from among 200 shortlisted candidates will be supervised by the Election Commission of Thailand. The names of 50 Senators must be submitted to the NCPO by February 9th, 15 days before the general election. 

The third group, which will be composed of 194 senators, will be handpicked by a 9-12 member committee to be appointed by the NCPO. 

Wissanu noted a complete list of Senators will be unveiled three days after the publication of the names of members of parliament (MPs).

 

-- nnt 2018-10-22

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The third group, which will be composed of 194 senators, will be handpicked by a 9-12 member committee to be appointed by the NCPO. 

add the 6 mentioned thereinabove; 200 in all; the one good thing is the army will not miss 200 generals from active duty

The autocratic process explained. 

4 hours ago, YetAnother said:

add the 6 mentioned thereinabove; 200 in all; the one good thing is the army will not miss 200 generals from active duty

it's likely to be the reverse. The Senate will be missing the active duty military Senators who will get paid as Senators and as soldiers with permanent excuse to be absent from the Senate. That's the current situation with the NLA.

Perhaps postpone the election?

Is this going to be the device used to slow the election process if the junta decides that their favorability rate is not high enough and more time to not campaign (code for campaign when others can't) to build support?

Hopefully this guy (Wissanu) disappears after the election.