Politicians want next election as soon as possible

They called on him to ensure that power is handed back to voters as soon as possible.
“Since the people agreed to allow the National Council for Peace and Order [NCPO] to rule the country, we politicians just have to know our place,” Democrat Party former MP Watchara Petchthong said.
It is only the NCPO that decides when the next election will be held, he said.
Watchara said the lawmakers had not been working efficiently and effectively. 
He said if they had to postpone the poll because of unreadiness of the laws being written, no one could complain.
Worachai Hema, a former Pheu Thai MP, said everything depended on Prayut, who had total control over the so-called five rivers of power, on whether the promise to hold the election this year would be kept.
“This is no one’s responsibility, but Prayut’s,” he said.
The politicians’ remarks came after the powers-that-be revealed the election promised for late this year as part of the roadmap to democracy detailed in the draft constitution, could be delayed till mid or late next year.
Key members of the Cabinet, the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), and the Constitution Drafting Commission said the process of law deliberation made staging the election this year impossible.
Worachai said it was admirable that Prayut had assured the public that the government and the NCPO had no intention of delaying the election and that the roadmap had a clear timeframe. 
He said the government had claimed the process could be done early but the lawmakers said the writing and deliberation on laws could take more time.
Prayut could make the final call on the matter, he added.
The politician said the most important thing was that everyone accepted the result of the election. To make that happen, it was crucial that national reconciliation was achieved. 
There is enough time to achieve that before the election is held, he said, adding that Prayut should not turn himself into a conflicting entity. 
Prayut should not discriminate against one group of people or achieving reconciliation will prove difficult, he said.
Samart Kaewmeechai, another former Pheu Thai MP, said the powers-that-be should take any necessary steps in order to make an election possible.
The law writers said that writing the organic laws was going slowly because they were worried that political parties might not be able to adopt the new rules in time for the election. 
But Samart said politicians were ready. He said parties were waiting only for the new rules. Everything depended more on whether or not the powers-that-be were ready to return power to the people, he said.