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DEMOCRAT PARTY ALSO IN THE PROCESS |OF TAKING THE ISSUE TO OMBUDSMAN

EXPERTS WARN OF NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES IF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULES AGAINST USE OF ARTICLE 44 TO AMEND POLITICAL PARTY LAW

CRITICS QUESTION WHETHER HIDDEN AGENDA BEHIND NEW PUSH BY REGIME SUPPORTERS

Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) chairman Meechai Ruchupan on Thursday voiced opposition to a proposal to amend the Political Party Act to nullify party memberships for all existing parties in order to avoid disadvantaging new parties.

With the political party bill now enacted, politicians are calling on the National Council for Peace and Order, the ruling arm of the junta, to lift the ban against political activities after the Royal Funeral ends

The joint law review committee resolved on Tuesday to amend two points in the political party draft bill following objections from the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC).

National Legislative Assembly (NLA) whip Jet Siratharanont said on Monday that his office had received objections from the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) to the political party draft bill and would place them on the agenda for the assembly’s next meeting, to be held on Thursday or Friday this week.

Political parties draft bill requires members to pay between Bt1,000 and Bt50,000 as seed funding.

The chairman of the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) said on Monday that the controversial political-party membership fee had been supported by more than 70 per cent of people surveyed by the National Statistics Office.