Article44 and Order (NCPO)
7 Feb 2019
The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) has announced that the election will be held on 24 March 2019. The constitution says that the ECT must deliver the 95% of the election results within 150 days after the organic law on election came into force on 11 December 2018. To prevent legal complications, the ECT plans to announce the election results by 9 May 2019. It therefore claims that the possibility of overturning the election is very unlikely.
19 Jan 2019
The European Commission has removed Thailand from the warning group for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU). The government resorted to Section 44 - NCPO's absolute power - 9 times to bring Thailand into line with EU standards and challenges remain.
5 Oct 2018
Almost 20 police officers from Bowon Mongkol Police Station went to close down the punk concert hosted by the Facebook page ‘It’s almost 4 years already, I Sadd’’ at The Overstay, Charan Sanitwong, on 21 September, on the grounds that it was a political event and permission had not been requested from the authorities.
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