National Legislative Assembly (NLA) President Pornpetch Wichitcholchai on Monday said he believed voting to decide the new Election Commission (EC) president would not stir up conflict in the agency, after former commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn had warned on Sunday about the likelihood of outside lobbying.

NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE Assembly (NLA) President Pornpetch Wichitcholchai yesterday said he had received a petition from 32 NLA members requesting a ruling from the Constitutional Court on the legality of the anti-graft law waiving disqualifications prescribed by the new charter.