Coalition leader Phalang Pracharat secretary-general said its merger with the one-MP People Reform Party is awaiting the Election Commission (EC)’s decision. 

Former reformer and founder of the People’s Reform Party, Paiboon Nititawan, has submitted a request to the junta for the party to proceed with a meeting. In doing so, he has become the first to ask for the junta’s permission in regard to administrative work for a new political party.