EC will endorse TRT partylist MPs
Election Commission chairman Vasana Puemlarp said on Thursday the EC will meet today to endorse 99 Thai Rak Thai partylist MPs.
For constituency MPs, the EC will wait for the result of tomor¬row's third round of elections and will endorse them the following day.He said the EC had to comply with Article 159 of the Constitution, which stipulates the House must convene within 30 days of the April 2 election. The EC has one year to disqualify MPs who face allegations of electoral wrong¬doing. Vasana did not say what the commission would do if a consortium of courts decides to invalidate the April 2 election. Eight MPs from a total 382 have yet to report to the House. The Nation
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