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Countdown to radical electoral change
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/01/2018
» With national elections widely expected to take place in November, the countdown has begun for a vote that will put to the test a new and controversial electoral system put forward by the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC).
EC debates bill to boost power
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 13/09/2016
» The Election Commission (EC) is expected to debate today a draft organic law seeking to grant itself more powers to ensure efficiency in guarding against poll fraud and cheats.
Meechai accuses 'certain party' of disrupting CDC campaign
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/04/2016
» Constitution Drafting Committee chairman Meechai Ruchupan says "a certain political party" is trying to disrupt a CDC campaign to educate the public about the draft constitution, which will have its fate decided in a referendum on Aug 7.
Eight-year term limits needed on MPs, CDC told
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 15/02/2016
» The charter should introduce an eight-year term limit for elected office-holders to keep them from building a political base and allow other politicians a chance to work, a public forum on the charter draft was told Sunday.
Ex-court chief slams order sacking him
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 26/09/2015
» The sacked Supreme Administrative Court president Hassawut Withitwiriyakul has defied the court’s judicial commission’s order to dismiss him from the judiciary.
CDC to hear proposals for draft charter changes
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 18/04/2015
» The Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) has agreed to allow the National Reform Council (NRC) to propose key changes to the draft charter during a debate on Monday, CDC spokesman Kamnoon Sidhisamarn said.
Rough justice risks derailing reform
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 11/08/2014
» Resounding calls for reform could be heard on a daily basis throughout the protracted political crisis that led to the coup in May. Since seizing power, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has promised to deliver that reform.
Surachai to head Senate
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/05/2014
» Deputy Senate Speaker Surachai Liangboonlertchai was elected as the new Senate speaker in the Upper House session yesterday.
Senate fails to pick speaker
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 03/05/2014
» The selection of a new Senate speaker will be held on Friday, one day before the Upper House's nine-day extraordinary session ends.
Yaowapa cleared over by-election
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 03/04/2014
» The Election Commission (EC) voted yesterday to clear Yaowapa Wongsawat, elder sister of caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, of violating the poll law in a by-election in Chiang Mai province last year.