Thai Parliament passes election changes favouring ruling party


BANGKOK (Bloomberg): Thailand’s parliament passed major electoral changes favouring larger parties, a move expected to help Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha’s (pic) military-backed organisation amid speculation of an early election.

Most major parties in parliament backed a set of constitutional amendments that include increasing the number of constituency representatives to 400 from 350 and bringing back an earlier system of casting two ballots -- one for a candidate and another for a political party.

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