Top Courts will supervise the new election and EC should resign
Three top courts have suggested that Election Commission resign to pave the ways for the judicial power to handle the election to ensure that it is free and fair, Supreme Court's Secretary General Charan Pakditanakul said on Tuesday.
"EC should resign for the sake of the country. Their resignation will allow the judicial authorities to supervise new election and recruit new EC members," Charan said. He was speaking after attending a meeting of senior judges from the Administrative, Supreme and Constitution Courts. The meeting on Tuesday was the second of top courts after HM the King suggested the courts to help break the country's political stalemate. "The meeting agreed that the three top courts will exercise their power regarding the new election and will be in charge of the new election to ensure that it would be free and fair," he said. The Courts will supervise the election and work until the country has elected MPs and the Parliament can open, Charan said. The Constitution Court on Monday nullified the April 2 election because it was unconstitutional and ordered the new election to be held. The rulings have put EC into hot water and many sectors of the society have called them to resign. Representing in the Tuesday meeting were Charnchai Likitjitta, president of the Supreme Court, Pan Chantarapan, acting president of the Constitution Court and Akarathorn Jularat, president of the Administrative Court. The Nation
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