EC devises initial election blueprint
The Election Commission has formulated a plan to stage an election although it would be soon dissolved by the implementation of the new Election Commission law.
Supachai Somcharoen, the EC chairman, said the agency’s members want to prepare for the election ahead of the arrival of the new members to make the transition smoother.
He spoke following the EC’s meeting on Monday.
Besides logistics, the EC has come up with an initial schedule for the election, which is set on August 19, 2018.
Based on the MP election draft bill it drafted, the EC projects that the draft bill could be promulgated by March 2018.
The EC would then issue legislation concerning the election by April 2018, before constituency determination can take place.
By early June 2018, the EC would expect to be in a position to announce the election date, the application date for candidates and venues for the election, Supachai said.
By July 2018, the EC would expect to receive the applications from MP candidates and party-list MPs, before the election could take place one month afterwards, or around August 19, he added.