The Election Commission is preparing to ask for a Section 44 order to allow political parties to get down to business and begin selecting candidates. (Reuters file photo)The Election Commission (EC) will ask the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to lift the ban on political activities if Tuesday's meeting of the Constitutional Court backs an NCPO order on the political parties law. EC secretary-general Jarungwit Phumma said Monday that the commission is awaiting the court's ruling on the matter as it will have a bearing on political parties' poll preparations. On May 30, the charter court ruled that the bill on the election of MPs did not violate the constitution. The primary vote system, a new element introduced in the organic law on political parties, has drawn heavy flak from parties which say it will cause a great deal of alarm.

Source: Bangkok Post June 04, 2018 21:56 UTC