While announcing yesterday what the commission has achieved during its first two months, chairman Apichart Sukhagganond said the EC would make every effort to regain people's faith.

"The Election Commission is determined to work on political reform with honesty and justice, to meet people's expectation," he said.

The EC will be announcing its activities to the public next month, and after that once every three months.

This month, it will organise elections for 441 local administrators whose terms have ended.

Apichart said the EC had considered 125 cases left unresolved by the former commission. It has ruled on 62 cases and dismissed 353 cases related to former MPs and senators after Parliament was dissolved by the military coup on September 19.

It has also verified the qualifications of the nominees for the National People's Assembly, he said.

He said the EC had also organised local elections, approved the winning candidates and improved its public relations work.

Besides proposing dissolution for six political parties, it will also recall the remaining subsidies amounting to Bt79.5 million from the Thai Rak Thai, Democrat and Thai Nature parties, he said.

The 1997 Constitution provided state funding for political parties. However, the subsidy can be recalled if a party violates the Political Party Act, that is, if it is dissolved or does not use the money for political activities according to the law.