Election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn on Saturday slammed the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) decision to endorse a bill to "reset" the EC. The bill will become "a dark side of efforts to reform the election process", Mr Somchai wrote on his Facebook page. Under the bill approved by the NLA, the NLA will have a final say on EC candidates nominated by a selection panel. "The NLA may reject the candidates and the selection process will go on until the NLA gets the EC members it desires," Mr Somchai said. EC chairman Supachai Somcharoen appeared to come to terms with the fate of the current EC members.

Source: Bangkok Post June 10, 2017 23:26 UTC