EC ‘needs time’ to prepare for election
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he will not call for the dissolution of the House of Representatives yet despite having the legal grounds to do so after two amended organic laws for holding elections took effect on Sunday.
He said the Election Commission (EC) still needs time to prepare for the coming polls.
“Not yet, the EC will be given time to work [on preparations for the polls] first,” he said.
The laws amended and passed by parliament — one on political parties and the other on the election of MPs — were published in the Royal Gazette on Saturday after their enactment and a royal…
