Concerns about a further delay of the general election escalated Thursday after the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) voted to reject all seven candidates chosen to be election commissioners. The NLA met to certify the qualifications of the seven Election Commission (EC) finalists. Chatchai Janpraisri, chief justice of the Supreme Court, and Pakorn Mahannop, a judge in the Supreme Court, were chosen as two candidates under the Supreme Court's quota. But former Democrat Party MP Wirat Romyen suspected the NLA's rejection of the seven candidates might be a plot to extend the poll schedule. Mr Issaree, one of the seven candidates rejected by the NLA, told the Bangkok Post he believed there was a hidden agenda behind the NLA's decision.

Source: Bangkok Post February 23, 2018 05:26 UTC