The Election Commission (EC) is expected to spend a week considering an 11-billion-baht subsidy on household electricity bills proposed by the government, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said.
Approved by the cabinet on April 25, the proposal was rejected by the poll regulator on April 28, according to a source.
After reviewing the government’s proposal, the source said the EC could not approve it as the Secretariat of the Cabinet failed to inform the EC of a cabinet resolution that approved the allocation of around 11 billion baht in subsidies under Section 169 of the constitution.
The section stipulates that any budget allocation for emergencies approved by an outgoing cabinet after a House dissolution must be endorsed by the poll agency first.
So the documents have…
