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Wissanu urges would-be senators to check shares
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/05/2019
» Cabinet ministers tipped to become senators are advised to comply with shareholding regulations as the government prepares to submit the list of 250 prospective senators for royal endorsement on Friday.
Govt set to take shape 'in June'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/05/2019
» The new government is expected to take shape in June, based on the Election Commission's (EC) schedule of announcing the official poll results next Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Thursday in a statement.
27 parties likely to benefit from EC list-totting method
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/05/2019
» A total of 27 parties should receive at least one party-list MP based on the Election Commission's (EC) calculation method, according to a source at the poll agency.
'Unchartered' waters ahead
News, Published on 27/04/2019
» Amonth has passed since the March 24 election but the sense of uncertainty in politics is nowhere close to being cleared up.
EC faces legal action over poll
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 25/04/2019
» As the Constitutional Court has rejected the Election Commission's (EC) petition seeking a ruling on the calculation method for party-list MPs, the poll agency could be sued by political parties that are disadvantaged by any formulas it has devised, pundits say.
Election 'risks rule of law'
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 06/04/2019
» Academics have voiced concern over the rule of law in the kingdom in the wake of the controversial March 24 election as doubts have been cast about the ability of the Election Commission (EC) to oversee a free and fair poll.
MP-list method 'set in stone'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/04/2019
» The organic law on electing MPs provides a mathematical process for calculating and distributing 150 party-list seats and it is the only legally recognised "formula", a former Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) member said on Wednesday.
Small parties 'eligible' for party-list seats
News, Mongkol Bangprapa & Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/04/2019
» A drafter of the organic law on the election of MPs insisted on Tuesday that small parties which received fewer than 71,000 votes can be awarded party-list seats under the proportional representation system.
Wissanu wants poll March 24
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 18/01/2019
» The Election Commission's (EC) proposal to set March 10 as the new election date could be scuppered as the government prefers March 24 instead.
Sibling saga reveals differences
News, Published on 12/01/2019
» This week, Action Coalition for Thailand (ACT) co-founder Suthep Thaugsuban was thought to have directed a gibe at an unlikely target -- the Democrat Party.