Thai opposition seeks court ruling to halt move to change election system

BANGKOK, July 7 — Thailand's biggest opposition party today said it would seek a court ruling to stop an effort by pro-administration lawmakers to change the electoral system, calling it an unconstitutional move to favour the government.

Pheu Thai believes a complicated re-jig of the rules sought by pro-government lawmakers is designed to work against big parties and favour the smaller ones with which former army chief Prayuth has built his 17-party coalition. Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said the changes sought by lawmakers reflected the majority voice in parliament and had nothing to do with Prayuth or his administration.

The party is the most recent incarnation of a populist political juggernaut founded by the billionaire Shinawatra family, which has won five general elections, two in landslides in the past 20 years.

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