Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Saturday that Thailand's general election which was only days ago set for Dec. 23 could be postponed.
Speaking during his weekly TV program, Surayud said the general election was tentatively set on Dec. 23 and this could be changed as the government awaited an approval of the three organic laws of the constitution which is expected to be in place by the end of October.
Official fixing of the election date will come then, Surayud said, adding that the possibility of changing the date of the general election has nothing to do with an appointment of a new army chief.
Army Commander-in-Chief Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, also chairman of the Council for National Security (CNS), will retire from his post upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 60 on Oct. 1.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission (EC) announced Friday it had initially set the period of Nov. 11-15 as the application period for candidates under the proportional representation system and Nov. 18-22 for the application of candidates in the constituency system on the condition that the election is held Dec. 23.
The elections body said that official dates for the applications await a royal decree on the general election. Under the new constitution, approved in a national referendum last month, there will be 400 constituency seats and 80 party-list seats, down from 500 in the abrogated 1997 constitution.
Source: Xinhua
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