Prayut has two months to stay in office after election in August 2016

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Prayut has two months to stay in office after election in August 2016



BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-Ngam said Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will remain in office two months after the general election is held.

He said if the draft of the constitution is approved by the National Reform Council (NRC), and go through the referendum, then election is expected to be held in August.

The deputy prime minister was explaining the term in office of the so-called “Five Rivers” if the draft constitution wins approval from the NLA.

The Five Rivers are the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), the National Reform Council(NRC), the Cabinet and the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC).

Dr Wisanu who is in charge of legal affairs of the government said if the NRC gives approval to the draft constitution, and the constitution passes the national referendum, then election will be held.

This meant that the prime minister and leader of the NCPO will continue to work until a new cabinet is formed and has sworn in office, or two months after the election, he said.

While the NRC’s term in office will terminate after it passes or rejects the draft constitution, he said.

A new council to drive the reform will be formed to work until the new legislative assembly convenes its first meeting.

For the NLA, he said it will continue functioning although election is held and new cabinet is formed.

The term of the NLA will end only when there is election or selection of senators. The NLA will perform the duty of Senate in the absence of Senate, he said.

For the last river or CDC, Dr Wisanu said it will continue functioning until the new legislative assembly convenes its first meeting.

He said if the draft constitution passes national referendum, the CDC will be tasked with the drafting of organic laws and submit to the NLA for approval between March and April and pass on to the Constitutional Court for endorsement.

After the court gives its endorsement to the organic laws, then it will enter the 90-day referendum before election which will be from July to August.

However Dr Wisanu said it was likely that election should be within August or takes 30 days to announce election result.

The elected assembly is expected to convene 30 days after election result is known to elect the new prime minister, and the swearing in ceremony is expected early October, he said.

As the new government takes office, all the Five Rivers will all go, he added.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/prayut-has-two-months-to-stay-in-office-after-election-in-august-2016


-- Thai PBS 2015-06-15

[zaphod reborn]

Drain the rivers, the farmers can use the water.

[JOC]

>>However Dr Wisanu said it was likely that election should be within August or takes 30 days to announce election result.<< Quote

30 days to announce the election result??

Does anyone else smell a big fat rat??

International observers please........................

[Scott]

An inflammatory post has been removed. Please exercise care in the type of comments you use in addressing the PM.

[WhizBang]

Hands up anyone who really thinks there will be an election next year.

[graft]

Hands up anyone who really thinks there will be an election next year.

[tbthailand]

And then it is time for his vacation before he comes back as the unelected PM or takes a seat on the Privy Council.

[pinkpanther99]

If the rumours in the press are to be believed, there's more chance of another coup than there is an election.

Anyway, Thailand isn't ready for elections. Thai people have been failed time and time again by what some people in the country try to pass off as 'democracy'.

Democracy as it is known in the west, is very much a western ideal. Look at the countries in this region, most don't operate a full democratic system.

With many of us commenting here no doubt coming from democratic countries we all wish Thailand too could be democratic but Thailand needs a total change of its political landscape and a much greater idea and understanding of what true democracy is - something which will take generations to achieve.

Just because you hold an election doesn't necessarily mean you live in a democracy.

There's no quick fix for Thailand on this one.

[Thailand]

Hands up anyone who really thinks there will be an election next year.

My hand is up. But I think the new PM will be the same one as it is now.

[crazykopite]

Election in 2016 ! Who are they fooling yet more delay tactics ! As long as they can feed the people mis-information they will cling on to power !!!! I do not know about the rest of Thailand but the island I live on is absolutely dead in 9 years I have never experienced it being like this !!

[phycokiller]

If the rumours in the press are to be believed, there's more chance of another coup than there is an election.

Anyway, Thailand isn't ready for elections. Thai people have been failed time and time again by what some people in the country try to pass off as 'democracy'.

Democracy as it is known in the west, is very much a western ideal. Look at the countries in this region, most don't operate a full democratic system.

With many of us commenting here no doubt coming from democratic countries we all wish Thailand too could be democratic but Thailand needs a total change of its political landscape and a much greater idea and understanding of what true democracy is - something which will take generations to achieve.

Just because you hold an election doesn't necessarily mean you live in a democracy.

There's no quick fix for Thailand on this one.

its not that Thailand isnt ready for democracy, its that democracy cant work when constitutionally the army, police and all other government institutions are sworn to serve a small group of people we cant mention?

Edited June 15, 2015 by phycokiller

[Eric Loh]

If the rumours in the press are to be believed, there's more chance of another coup than there is an election.

Anyway, Thailand isn't ready for elections. Thai people have been failed time and time again by what some people in the country try to pass off as 'democracy'.

Democracy as it is known in the west, is very much a western ideal. Look at the countries in this region, most don't operate a full democratic system.

With many of us commenting here no doubt coming from democratic countries we all wish Thailand too could be democratic but Thailand needs a total change of its political landscape and a much greater idea and understanding of what true democracy is - something which will take generations to achieve.

Just because you hold an election doesn't necessarily mean you live in a democracy.

There's no quick fix for Thailand on this one.

Much relieved to know that this opinion is from someone who is not eligible to vote.

[Chang_paarp]

So what happens if the Constitution does not pass?

Or worse, the wrong result happens at the election.

[quandow]

I will believe it when I SEE it!

[nikster]

If the rumours in the press are to be believed, there's more chance of another coup than there is an election.

Anyway, Thailand isn't ready for elections. Thai people have been failed time and time again by what some people in the country try to pass off as 'democracy'.

Democracy as it is known in the west, is very much a western ideal. Look at the countries in this region, most don't operate a full democratic system.

With many of us commenting here no doubt coming from democratic countries we all wish Thailand too could be democratic but Thailand needs a total change of its political landscape and a much greater idea and understanding of what true democracy is - something which will take generations to achieve.

Just because you hold an election doesn't necessarily mean you live in a democracy.

There's no quick fix for Thailand on this one.

With very few exceptions even our western "democracies" aren't democracies. The system works in Switzerland, and maybe Iceland. That's it. In the USA elections are bought and sold to the highest bidder with a two party system effectively preventing any real change - as both parties are controlled by largely the same interests. Most of Europe is somewhere in-between but there are forces at work that will make it the same as the USA.

I agree that elections aren't democracy - something I learned in Thailand. The institutions that are being undermined and abolished in the west, the systems of checks and balances, never existed here in the first place.

So elections can be outright bought, or something very close to that. The party in power then can reign supreme, and simply take money from the state and put it in private pockets. Is it democracy when the law doesn't apply to the ruling? No, it's not.

I am afraid the army and military coups have not really showed an alternative, or even a hint at being serious at creating an alternative, however.

[tbthailand]

If the rumours in the press are to be believed, there's more chance of another coup than there is an election.

Anyway, Thailand isn't ready for elections. Thai people have been failed time and time again by what some people in the country try to pass off as 'democracy'.

Democracy as it is known in the west, is very much a western ideal. Look at the countries in this region, most don't operate a full democratic system.

With many of us commenting here no doubt coming from democratic countries we all wish Thailand too could be democratic but Thailand needs a total change of its political landscape and a much greater idea and understanding of what true democracy is - something which will take generations to achieve.

Just because you hold an election doesn't necessarily mean you live in a democracy.

There's no quick fix for Thailand on this one.

the problem with democracy in Thailand is not because "Thais" are not ready, nor is it because "democracy" is a western ideal, nor is it for a lack of understanding 'among normal Thais), ...

I agree, however, that there is no quick fix.

The military has been meddling in Thai politics since 1932 and since the 1950s the military and the Thai elite have been in an alliance which has undermined democracy for all Thai citizens and led to more than a dozen coup d'etat and multiple massacres of Thai citizens.

There is no quick fix which will root out that alliance from the Thai political landscape...

[jackanapes]

a lot can happen between now and august 2016 and I think mr pryuth ocha will do what he has to do regardless. if there is an election I wonder what the result will be I dont think holding an election will fix thailands problems .

[Jimbolai]

Two months as in Biblical/Thai months could be a very long time.

Edited June 15, 2015 by Jimbolai

[The Deerhunter]

I broadly support the efforts by the P.M (and/or anyone else) who tries to clean up the corruption in the kingdom. However I think many of us would like to see further explanation and elaboration on exactly what this news item means. It certainly does beg further explanation to reduce the amount of in-expert interpretation. Perhaps "interpretation" from Thai to English is actually the problem. Let's hope so.

[jesimps]

If the rumours in the press are to be believed, there's more chance of another coup than there is an election.

Anyway, Thailand isn't ready for elections. Thai people have been failed time and time again by what some people in the country try to pass off as 'democracy'.

Democracy as it is known in the west, is very much a western ideal. Look at the countries in this region, most don't operate a full democratic system.

With many of us commenting here no doubt coming from democratic countries we all wish Thailand too could be democratic but Thailand needs a total change of its political landscape and a much greater idea and understanding of what true democracy is - something which will take generations to achieve.

Just because you hold an election doesn't necessarily mean you live in a democracy.

There's no quick fix for Thailand on this one.

That is an extremely patronising post. How dare you tell the Thais that they have no understanding of democracy. Who do you think you are? God??

[oldsailor35]

You don't have to worry about the next PM as Suthep is preparing to leave the temple.