The Constitutional Court accepted two bills Wednesday which must be passed before the general election can be held, to ensure they don't violate the charter.
The court said it has full authority to deliberate both. The bill on political parties was referred to the court by the Pheu Thai and Democrat parties separately through the ombudsman while the bill on the election of MPs was forwarded to the court by a group of National Legislative Assembly members.
The court has given the leaders of both parties until April 25 to submit their explanations to support their cases.
The petitioners claim the National Council for Peace and Order issued its instruction to amend the bill in a way that hinders parties from reconfirming the memberships of their respective parties.
They said the junta's order has failed to protect the rights of parties' members who had to go through a tedious, costly and time-consuming process of membership reconfirmation.
The court will also vet the MP bill, paying special attention to a clause that allows election staff and other individuals to help people with disabilities cast their votes.
Critics said this could conflict with the stipulation that ballots must be cast in secret.
