Surachai confident that laws will be in place for 2018 election
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National Legislative Assembly (NLA) vice president Surachai Liengboonlertchai has expressed confidence that the 10 organic laws will be passed in time for the national election that the Election Commission (EC) has said will take place in August next year.
Four bills concerned directy with the election were priorities, and the NLA would try to get them ready as soon as possible, following the roadmap to democracy, Surachai said.
Two of the bills – those governing the EC and regulating political parties – had already passed the NLA, he said. Two others concerning the recruitment of Senators and the members of the House of Representatives were currently being studied by the NLA.
He also addressed the organic bill on legal procedures against political office holders, which critics suspect is targeting certain figures, especially former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Surachai insisted that it covered all ongoing cases in court and did not target anybody in particular.
