However, EC commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn said that political parties could petition the registrar for additional time in case they could not meet the schedule in the road map. The clock is ticking now since the organic law governing political parties came into effect early last month. Political parties are required by the new regulations, for instance, to update their registration records in 90 days and collect annual membership fees within 180 days. Somchai said that political parties must seek a petition for extra time with the registrar, one by one. The EC had no power whatsoever to order extra time for political parties to make arrangement in preparation for the election, he added.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 01, 2017 10:18 UTC