Panel on political party bill says it focused on reform not fraud

By The Nation

 

General Somjet Boonthanom

 

The joint vetting committee on the new political party draft bill on Friday conceded that it focused too much on political reform while overlooking fraud-related problems that may arise out of its introduction of a primary voting system at a party branch level nationwide.

General Somjet Boonthanom, chair of the committee under the National Legislative Assembly said the tripartite law review committee met following the objection to the point by the Constitution Drafting Commission, which had drafted the law before it was passed by the NLA.

 

They agreed that the point would trigger a new problem concerning fraud in areas where the primary voting was held. 

 

Somjet said his committee when introducing the system at the NLA's law vetting meeting did not have give much thought to fraud but on how best to reform politics.

 

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these generals in suits know everything about political parties. What do they don't know?

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Somjet said his committee when introducing the system at the NLA's law vetting meeting did not have give much thought to fraud but on how best to reform politics.

means they are amateur law-makers; hell-bent on primaries; last election , a local attempt was made to buy my vote; not knowing i cant vote; so adding the primaries means i get two 'offerings' ?