Deputy Prime Minister and Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader Prawit Wongsuwon on Monday told small coalition partners that a House dissolution is expected late this year with snap elections likely to take place early next year, a source said.
Key figures from small coalition parties yesterday held a lunch get-together in what was seen as a "show of power" after they were not invited to a recent dinner hosted by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Rivals push for electoral changes
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published : 10 Jul 2021 at 04:00
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The Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and the Pheu Thai Party are both pushing for a revision of the electoral system with the use of two ballots and a 1% minimum voting requirement for the allocation of party-list seats.
PPRP list-MP Paiboon Nititawan, chairman of the panel examining the draft charter amendment bill, said his party has a proposal ready while adding they will call for a two-ballot system and seek a minimum of party-list votes that a political party must win in order to be distributed party-list seats. Political parties should get at least 1% of all the votes cast so they are eligible to be allocated party-list seats and they must field candidates in at least 100 constituencies to qualify to get any party-list seats, he said.