Draft Municipal Act sails through NLA’s final reading

[rooster59]

Draft Municipal Act sails through NLA’s final reading

Thammarat Thadaphrom

 

 

The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) unanimously passed the draft Municipal Act into law on Friday.

 

The law was endorsed without any objection, with 138 lawmakers voting in favor and five abstaining.

 

Presenting the bill to the assembly, Chanvit Vasayangkura, chairman of the drafting committee, said the law is the revised version of the Municipal Act B.E. 2496 and contains 31 articles, one of which relates to the qualifications of candidates for the position of mayor and membership of the Municipal Council.

 

The new law also provides ethical codes for municipal officers to follow, helping them adhere to transparency, honesty, morality, and most importantly good governance.

 

The law stipulates that members of the Municipal Council must be at least 35 years of age. Each member can be elected to a four-year term, with a limit of two terms or a total of eight years. If the person wishes to run for office again after two consecutive terms in office, he or she must wait at least four years.

 

-- nnt 2019-01-27

[Srikcir]

Was there a caveat that any member can be arbitrarily removed by a military junta and replaced by someone without regard to qualifications? 

On the whole having a junta-appointed NLA revise the Municipal Act B.E. 2496 ahead of elections smacks of strengthening the pro-military Deep State as a further means to insulate itself from democratic governance.

[Kasset Tak]

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

Was there a caveat that any member can be arbitrarily removed by a military junta and replaced by someone without regard to qualifications? 

On the whole having a junta-appointed NLA revise the Municipal Act B.E. 2496 ahead of elections smacks of strengthening the pro-military Deep State as a further means to insulate itself from democratic governance.

You know that the Municipal Act governs the municipalities (thesaban) of the cities, towns and the sub districts (tambon) and not the central government?! And sadly the RTP is the only instance that seems more corrupt than most of these over 2,300 municipalities...

[kannot]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The law was endorsed without any objection, with 138 lawmakers voting in favor and five abstaining.

pathetic muppets

[HalfLight]

7 hours ago, Srikcir said:

Was there a caveat that any member can be arbitrarily removed by a military junta and replaced by someone without regard to qualifications? 

On the whole having a junta-appointed NLA revise the Municipal Act B.E. 2496 ahead of elections smacks of strengthening the pro-military Deep State as a further means to insulate itself from democratic governance.

Doesn't it just..

[HalfLight]

6 hours ago, Kasset Tak said:

You know that the Municipal Act governs the municipalities (thesaban) of the cities, towns and the sub districts (tambon) and not the central government?! And sadly the RTP is the only instance that seems more corrupt than most of these over 2,300 municipalities...

And the army, don't forget the army. Drug and people smuggling a specialty.