Prayut hits back over EC’s speculation on election date
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PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha Tuesday slammed Election Commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn for saying that the general election might be brought forward by two months to October next year.
Prayut said he had his road map and it was not the Election Commission (EC)’s job to say when the election would be held and nor was it the EC’s duty to tell the government what to do
Somchai had recently said in a news show that the election could be held in late September or October next year, if the interpretation of |law indicates that an election will have to be completed within five months once the organic laws are completed.
He was explaining why it would not be a good idea to reset the EC to square one at the moment.
The new commissioners would find it difficult to organise an election in such a limited time, Somchai said.
Prayut responded by saying that the Election Commission’s reset plan would be handled by other related agencies.
