Thursday 9 May 2019

Interview on the Constitutional Court ruling


My interview on the Constitutional Court ruling that the calculation of the Party-List MPs by the Election Commission did not violate the 2017 Constitution. 

I primarily argue that the court ruling was rather predictable and did not have a significant impact on Thailand’s political landscape post-election, largely because Thai politics has been influenced and dictated by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and the military since the 2014 coup. People have been questioning the integrity and neutrality of the country’s independent bodies, especially the Election Commission (EC), specifically whether it is actually assisting the country return to democracy and serving the interests of the people.