"primary vote"

The Democrat Party’s new era will kick off with a primary vote by all members for the party leader, said a top party official.

THE FORMER ruling Pheu Thai Party wrote to the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) yesterday, calling for a review of some clauses in the controversial section on primary voting in the organic law on political parties.

THE DRAFTERS of the new political party organic law still did not see eye to eye regarding the controversial issue of a primary vote system, which would be a first in Thai politics, prompting them to leave the issue undecided during a meeting yesterday.

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

BUT POLITICIANS AND EXPERTS DIFFER ON HOW TO DO THIS