PUBLISHED: 19 Nov 2024 at 04: 40
As an alternative to the twin lot requirement to pass a referendum, disagreements could be resolved as early as tomorrow.
When House-Senate council members meet tomorrow to discuss the changes to the act, sources claim the information will be revealed.
Nikorn Chamnong, director of the House-Senate election commission, said the committee had ask Ratthapol Pakdeephum, president of Thailand Post, and Election Commission secretary-general Sawang Boonmee to give their input on voting by mail.
After the Senate made the reverse choice, choosing a plain majority to support the passage of constitutional amendment elections, the joint committee was established.
The Referendum Act specifies two situations that must be met before a election result can be deemed binding, which is related to the dual majority rule. First, the majority of eligible citizens must have voted in favor of the vote, and more than 50 % of eligible citizens must have already done so.
For a vote to be held, the movements must have the support of more than half of the caste’s votes in accordance with the simple majority law.
Mr Nikorn hoped a solution may be reached at today’s meeting.
Any decision made by the mutual screen will be presented for ratification by the parliament at the following next-month reconvened session.
” I’m all for a thick path”, he said.
Mr. Nikorn suggested a “one and a half” lot law, which allows the motion to be carried forward with a majority of the available votes cast in a vote.
He defended the solution as much as he could, claiming that it had been taken into account and included in a statement on contract modifications that the government had examined in April.
However, Pheu Thai Party record MP Prayut Siripanich, who is also part of the joint commission, disagreed with the “one and a half” lot law plan, saying it is almost similar to the double majority rule.