Only 500 founding members would be required to set up a political party under the new draft bill, said Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) spokesman Udom Rathamarit, instead of the 5,000 previously proposed by the Election Commission (EC).

MOST people surveyed by Dusit Poll believed dissolving all parties and allowing new ones to be registered - known as “starting from zero” - would not solve political problems but spark more conflict.