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Somchai: Parties need 70,000 votes for one seat
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/03/2018
» A political party will need at least 70,000 votes to win a seat in the upcoming election while small parties with no hope for constituency MPs will need 1.75 million party votes if it wants to propose prime minister candidates.
Regulations spur party leaders to start from scratch
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/02/2018
» Leaders of several small political parties have decided to start from scratch and form new ones to evade regulations requiring updated party membership information, which are seen as excessive and burdensome.
Activists set sail on rising tide of discontent
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/02/2018
» After more than three years at the helm, the junta government has mismanaged the country and abused its authority in many areas, and this has acted as a catalyst for the people to come together and voice their disgruntlement, says Anusorn Unno, a core leader of the Thai Academic Network for Civil Rights (TANCR).
EC targets vote budget of B5.8bn
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 02/02/2018
» The Office of the Election Commission (EC) plans to ask for a budget of 5.8 billion baht to fund the next election, acting secretary-general Pol Col Charungwit Phumma said on Thursday.
PM coy on political future, cultivates media
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says he is non-committal on whether he will return as an non-elected outsider prime minister after the general election.
Five names put forward for EC 'reset'
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/12/2017
» Five names have been put forward to join the seven-seat Election Commission (EC), which will also comprise two candidates appointed by the Supreme Court, as the government seeks to "reset" the committee ahead of next year's poll.
Key parties won't rule out alliance
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 27/11/2017
» Key members of the Democrat and Pheu Thai parties have not ruled out the possibility of the two parties joining hands to prevent a non-elected prime minister from coming to power after the next general election.