EC – Next election may not be held according to amended charter if House is dissolved too soon

[snoop1130]

 

Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) will not have the legal authority to hold the next general election under the amended Constitution, which divides the country into 400 constituencies, if the House is dissolved before two election-related bills come into force, according to an informed EC source.

 

The two bills are the Political Parties Bill and the bill on the election of the House of Representatives, which uses 100 as divisor in the calculation of party-list seats.

 

Without the two bills, which are yet to become law, the EC is not legally authorised to hold the next election  according to the Constitution, although it has all the resources to do so, according to the source.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/ec-next-election-may-not-be-held-according-to-amended-charter-if-house-is-dissolved-too-soon/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-08-29

 

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[ThailandRyan]

What a FlusterCluck.........looks like time for a new government to be installed by the new head of the military.......

[Bobtheblob]

There always seems to be a get out clause, if used or not. 30 years before any real democracy will be won if ever. 

[tomacht8]

What is this nonsense again? If the parliament has to be dissolved here and now, for whatever reason (vote of no confidence, no majority for the PM? etc.), then can there never be new elections in Thailand because the parliament was dissolved?

 

[RichardColeman]

EC – Next election may not be held according to amended charter if House is dissolved too soon

 

There corrected

[Excel]

Seems like someone or group has spoken and advised the puppets that there will be no change in the foreseeable future to the way this country is controlled for the personal gain of the very very few 

Edited August 29, 2022 by Excel

[ikke1959]

They do eberything to stay in power...untill the population has enough of it as happened in 1789 in France

[scorecard]

8 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

What a FlusterCluck.........looks like time for a new government to be installed by the new head of the military.......

... and possibly another new constitution ...

[Rimmer]

Off topic posts dragging the US and Trump into the topic have been removed

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Without the two bills, which are yet to become law, the EC is not legally authorised to hold the next election  according to the Constitution, although it has all the resources to do so, according to the source.

So it has the resources to do so but doesn't want to?

[Excel]

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

So it has the resources to do so but doesn't want to?

Or simply instructed by the master not to hold one?