The Royal Gazette website has published an announcement. Royal decree dissolving the House of Representatives Effective from today (March 20, 2023) onwards
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Phra Vajiraklao Chao Yu Hua His Majesty has graciously announced that the Prime Minister has prostrated to His Majesty that as the House of Representatives has been performing its duties since 2019 and has now closed the fourth annual session which is the last year of the House of Representatives term. already It is expedient to dissolve the House of Representatives in order to hold a new general election of members of the House of Representatives. According to the provisions of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand which restores political decision-making power to the people as soon as possible in order to rule in a democratic system with the King as Head of State Continuing to do so
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By virtue of Section 103 and Section 175 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand therefore graciously The Royal Decree is hereby enacted as follows:
Section 1. This Royal Decree is called the "Royal Decree Dissolving the House of Representatives, B.E. 2566 (2023)"
Section 2. This Royal Decree shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Government Gazette
. It is a general election.
Section 4 There shall be a general election of members of the House of Representatives on the day the Commission An election shall be announced which shall not be less than forty-five days but not more than sixty days from the date this Royal Decree comes into force. Section 5. The Chairperson of the Election Commission shall have charge and control
of the Royal Decree.
Source: Thai News Agency