‘Reset’ Election Commission: NRSA
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NATIONAL REFORM Steering Assembly members want to “reset” the Election Commission, saying the EC’s internal conflict will affect its role in organising the election.
NRSA member Wanchai Sornsiri said Monday that if necessary, the agency should be reset back to square one.
He said some commission members were fighting one another for a position in the agency and as the election is approaching, the EC should not be tangled up with such issues.
“The Election Commission is the hope in holding an election. If the commissioners are fighting, how can we be hopeful that the next election will be orderly?” Wanchai said.
Another NRSA member, Amnuay Nimmano, said that while some EC commissioners had shown an ambition to chair the agency, he believed they could still work together.
Seree Suwannapanont, chairman of the NRSA’s political reform committee, said the committee would discuss the matter with the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) on Wednesday.
