New government can be formed by year end said the Prime Minister

Thailand has announced it will hold general elections on November 25 in a bid to restore democracy in the kingdom following last year's coup, the chairman of the country's election commission declared this morning.
The Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said :"The government wants to make elections happen faster, and the elections must be free and fair and transparent". And he added "According to the chairman of the constitution drafting assembly, the final draft constitution will be ready by July 6, and the referendum will be held on August 19".The polls originally scheduled for December will be preceded by a public referendum on August 19 2007.
The moves will likely appease the international community, which has been pushing for early polls, but the party of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra said any elections would be illegitimate unless it was able to contest them. The Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party was dissolved four weeks ago over vote fraud violations, and a law has not yet been passed allowing twice elected TRT to register a new party. A member of TRT declared : "It's good that they moved up the election, but they have to open up the opportunity to register the political parties otherwise the election will not be legitimate".