Regarding the bill on the MPs’ election, Wissanu said the NLA had to get an official verdict from the Constitutional Court. “With an official verdict to be forwarded to the government by the NLA, the prime minister will then seek royal endorsement” to the bill on the election of MPs, he said. The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that the organic bill on the election of MPs was constitutional, a week after issuing the same verdict on the bill on the Senate’s structure. Meanwhile, Meechai Ruchupan, who heads the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) that wrote the original bill on MPs’ election, on Friday noted that the Constitutional Court verdict on the bill contradicted a previous ruling by the court in 2006. However, Meechai added that he accepted the court verdict regarding the election bill.

Source: The Nation Bangkok June 01, 2018 12:33 UTC