Early House termination ‘unlikely’

EC requires 45 days to redraw election map Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam offers an interview with pressreporters. (File picture: Bangkok Post) The House of Representatives is notlikely to be liquified priorto the Election Commission (EC) surfaces redrawing electoral limits for the 400 constituency MPs acrossthecountry, according to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam. Speculation about an early election hasactually been reignited following the Jan 29 promulgation of 2 modified natural laws on elections, which offer legal premises for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to liquify the House and call for an early vote. The election is tentatively arranged to take location on May 7, as the House of Representatives will total its term on March23 However, if the House is liquified priorto March 23, then the law needs a breeze survey to be held inbetween 45-60 days of the dissolution. However, it appears the EC still requires time to prepare for the coming surveys, as it has not completed redrawing electoral borders to accommodate the boost in the number of constituency MPs from 350 to400 Speaking after conference EC secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee at Government House on Monday, Mr Wissanu stated the survey commission desires 45 days to prepare priorto a House dissolution is called, due to the policy including electoral borders. Under the natural law on the election of MPs, the EC should sendout electoral limit designtemplates to provincial election offi
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