Bangkok (VNA) – A general election in Thailand could only be held 19 months after the new constitution, approved by the majority of voters in a referendum last August, took effect, said Thai Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.
He said the roadmap to the next election would start counting when the new charter was promulgated.
The draft constitution was submitted for royal endorsement in early November, and King Rama X has 90 days, or until early February, to make decision.
After it comes into force, the 10 organic laws required under the new charter would have to be completed within 240 days. The organic laws also need 90 more days for royal endorsement before they could be enacted, the Deputy PM said.
Thailand would enter the election mode after the new laws were promulgated, he noted, adding that the next election must be held within five months after that.
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