Reform council selection process 80% complete
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About 80 per cent of the member selection process for the National Reform Council has been completed, Election Commission secretary-general Puchong Nutrawong said yesterday.
Puchong said the selection committees, which met yesterday in Bangkok, had not come up with a shortlist of names yet as there were still many things to scrutinise.
He said some 30 applicants might have had their electoral rights suspended by a court, and if that were the case they would be ineligible to be a candidate.
Puchong urged all provincial selection committees to maintain secrecy regarding the names of shortlisted candidates in order to spare their province negative attention.
At yesterday’s meeting, which took place at the First Army Infantry, the selection committees of the nine reform sectors were briefed on the names of all the applicants after two selection committees had earlier been informed.
Puchong said one or two more meetings would be required to consider the qualifications of each applicant before selections could be made.
He added that the make-up of the council could be revised until October 2 as stipulated by the National Council for Peace and Order.
Puchong stressed that the provincial selection committees must ensure the confidentiality of the chosen candidates and the provincial election directors must hand over their final list in a sealed envelope to the Election Committee in Bangkok in person.
