At 09.15 a.m. on May 5, at the National Assembly, Mr. Nikorn Chamnong, a member of the list of MPs Chart Thai Pattana Party (CDC) as secretary of the committee (KAT) Extraordinary Consideration of the Draft Act Organic constitution on the election of members of the House of Representatives (No.…) B.E. Today, the committee will consider the draft organic law on political parties. which left section 9, 10, 11, and 12 and the transitional chapters 12/1 and 12/2, which we will consider within the morning Then in the afternoon, the Committee will continue to consider the draft Organic Act on the election of MPs. which still have many sections But the most important part that is the issue is the calculation of the list of MPs divided by 100 or 500 as members of the drafting committee proposed by the government. We propose dividing by 100. The four drafts adopted by the Council are all divided by 100 by dividing the total votes of political parties by 100. Therefore, dividing proposals by 500 will be problematic, which must be discussed at the meeting whether it can be proposed. can or not Because if you look narrowly, it is considered that there is no such principle. because parliament did not receive the proposed principle with 500 in
Mr. Nikorn continued that personal opinions Even if it was proposed to divide 500, there would definitely be a constitutional problem. As a former secretary of the Extraordinary Committee to consider the draft constitutional amendment last time Since we have amended Section 91 by eliminating the mixed proportion, so Section 93 and Section 94 that are referred to as MPs should have It is an unused part in the last constitutional amendment. which is the part that describes the mixed proportion which is a single card We don’t have a single card now. but still pending We don’t dare cut it out for fear of going beyond the principles. Therefore, it is held because it is considered a section that does not affect anything, so the MPs cannot be referred to. The intent of the drafting is at the committee. If the Constitutional Court was sent to the Court, the Court would have to ask what the committee’s intention was. The intent of the committee is to divide by 100 because when considering, we took the principles of the 54th election to look at and adhere to that.
“I’m from a medium-sized party. At that time the Constitutional Amendment proposed the MMP, which sounded good and I tried to help. I am the only one who reserved an amendment to apply to the MMP to have a solution here. and told those who proposed to find a way to calculate The proponent is trying to find someone who has expertise in MMP whether there is a way to calculate it or not. The conclusion is that there are no computational methods available. We will have to consider regulations and the unconstitutional. which, although passed But it can’t be done. Because it can’t be calculated, so I will vote against the proposal to divide by 500 because it is unconstitutional and impractical,” said Nikorn.
When asked if the consideration would be extended, Mr. Nikorn said that we intend that we will complete the draft of the Organic Act on Political Parties by noon. And in the afternoon, consider the Organic Act on the election of MPs. Next week, May 11-12, we will consider the Organic Act on elections. MPs alone expected to be completed If not, an additional meeting date will be requested on Friday, May 13, and on May 18, a letter of invitation for 14-15 amendments will be issued to discuss. Then on May 19 we will conclude, May 20-22 we will complete the report, May 23 we approve the report, and May 24 submit it to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Chuan Leekpai.
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