90 Day Rule

Thai Rak Thai MP Sophon Phetsawang, a member of Wang Nam Yom, is petitioning the PM to change the constitutional rule that requires a person to be a registered member of a political party before being able to stand for election for that party.

There has been a rising level of discomfort with this rule within the TRT as many see it as a political straightjacket preventing them from speaking and acting independently of the PM, turning them into little more than yes-men.