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Electoral change lights fuse for political explosion in Thai Parliament and government


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Thai voters drop their ballots at a local polling station during the constitutional referendum in Bangkok on August 7, 2016. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)

 

An early general election has become more likely after Parliament voted on Friday (September 10) to approve a charter amendment bill that restores the two-ballot election system and alters the House of Representatives composition – changes expected to benefit larger parties in the next national vote.

 

However, the bill may need to clear another hurdle before being implemented. Parliamentarians can ask the Constitutional Court whether the amendment or subsequent rewriting of the relevant organic law violates the charter.

 

The amendment bill, proposed by the coalition Democrat Party, seeks to revive the two-ballot election system used under the 1997 Constitution and to change the number of constituency MPs and party-list MPs in the 500-member Lower House to 400 and 100, respectively.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/electoral-change-lights-fuse-for-political-explosion-in-thai-parliament-and-government/

 

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12 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

A nuclear bomb of change is required to blast through the debris of this government. Massive changes are needed, to prevent Thailand from losing it's place and slipping into a relative stone age. 

 

The economy here is decimated. Great minds are needed to bring the country back from the abyss. There are no great minds currently, in any leadership positions. Only very small, failed men. 

Painting the usual rosy picture, Mike. 

And you're still here for whatever reasons.

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Mike is in Thailand  because there are no hurricanes to watch out for or tornadoes.

  Besides the4 USA is still having over 1500 people dying of COVID each day.  It is still

fighting for what ever freedoms the red neck anti vaxxers are fighting for.  Thailand at least

is more entertaining, and has many less people dying. Don't forget that in the USA

there are a lot of people who are also dying from drugs, or thieves, or gun deaths as well.

   I would live in Thailand if I was not so invested in my country. COVID numbers are spiking here

again, and masks are required in all public spaces.  I can hardly wait for 2022 to arrive and hopefully

more hope for a better future.

Geezer

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9 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

Mike is in Thailand  because there are no hurricanes to watch out for or tornadoes.

  Besides the4 USA is still having over 1500 people dying of COVID each day.  It is still

fighting for what ever freedoms the red neck anti vaxxers are fighting for.  Thailand at least

is more entertaining, and has many less people dying. Don't forget that in the USA

there are a lot of people who are also dying from drugs, or thieves, or gun deaths as well.

   I would live in Thailand if I was not so invested in my country. COVID numbers are spiking here

again, and masks are required in all public spaces.  I can hardly wait for 2022 to arrive and hopefully

more hope for a better future.

Geezer

Thank you. A voice of reason. I do agree about the US going downhill. And I do agree what despite the spectacularly toxic regime here, life is still better than back there. It is also about not wanting to be around uber feminist women, who have rejected the best quality they have, and that is femininity. That is such a turnoff. Getting a sweet smile from a lovely young waitress here can be such a thrill, even though it is innocent, it is heartfelt and kind. In the US I am treated like a 90 year old with leprosy, by anyone who is younger and attractive. I do not have to worry about violence here, and in the US there are alot of maniacs willing to take a life for nothing. I do not have to deal with bitter, sour, disenfranchised people, and a cost of living that makes no sense on any level. I could go on and on and on, but I will spare you all. 

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