The Election Commission president also doubles as the political party registrar. "Now that the election has been completed, I see it is a suitable time for me to resign as leader of the New Economics Party," Mingkwan said in his resignation letter. The letter stated that Mingkwan would keep his party membership and his seat as a party-list MP. Mingkwan's resignation came amid conflict within the party, as many of its election candidates were seeking payments from the party to cover their campaign costs. Votes from those candidates enabled New Economics to win six seats from the party-list electoral system.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 23, 2019 07:23 UTC