CDC steps in to look into problems with primary voting system

 

BANGKOK: -- Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) chairman Meechai Ruchupan said Monday that the committee is obliged to look into the problems associated with primary voting system as the Election Commission appears to be unaware of the problems raised by political parties.

 

He said he suspected the EC might have taken an instruction from somebody else whom he didn’t know to defend that the primary voting system was not problematic.

 

He went on saying that the EC appeared to be self-conflicting regarding the controversial system – that is the EC will not be responsible for primary voting on the ground that it does not concern the general election and it is the responsibility of each individual political party to hold the primary voting.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/cdc-steps-look-problems-primary-voting-system/

 

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"Thank you all for raising your concerns regards the primary voting system. After a yet to be formed committee reports on these concerns we will make our recommendations. This may impact on the timetable for the next election."

9 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

"Thank you all for raising your concerns regards the primary voting system. After a yet to be formed committee reports on these concerns we will make our recommendations. This may impact on the timetable for the next election."

Plus:

"We take this very serious and will form the committee as soon as possible. I already gave my buddies a call and they are all willing to join the committee after I told them the salary package."

Lat week - EC  objected to a decision to disband them and replace them with a fresh set of stooges.

 

Lo, this week the CDC (the ultimate set of stooges) steps in, to set up a committee (yet more stooges) to consider the matter - because they doubt the EC is competent...

 

The result will be confusion, inevitably delay, and yet more well paid posts for "the good people".

 

And the claim is most of the electorate don't understand the system!

Edited June 27, 20178 yr by JAG

2 hours ago, webfact said:

CDC steps in to look into problems with primary voting system

it is the responsibility of each individual political party to hold the primary voting.

and the problem is..., political parties can't meet because political gatherings of more than 5 people is still outlawed by the junta. Duh.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

the EC appeared to be self-conflicting regarding the controversial system – that is the EC will not be responsible for primary voting on the ground that it does not concern the general election and it is the responsibility of each individual political party to hold the primary voting.

The EC says that its role as defined by the 2017 Constitution has nothing to do with primary elections by political parties. EC is correct. There's no self-confliction.

Where there is confliction is that Prayut and CDC don't want to be blamed for any public confusion and failure in the unnecessary primary voting system and the EC refuses to be the fall guy.