However the president said he remains in high spirits and he is ready to represent the agency on the committee, which will convene for the first time on Tuesday.

Supachai said he is doing his job and following legal procedures as his agency resolved that some clauses of the organic law are unconstitutional, hence the establishment of the joint committee.

They include the clause that would result in the dismissal of the current commissioners.

The organic law governing the EC is among the first of the 10 laws required by the Constitution to be completed.

It is necessary for organising next year’s promised election.

Although some EC members have opposed the revision, Supachai said most members held the opposite view.

The EC president insisted that the call for the establishment of the joint committee and the reconsideration of the law was a rational move.