Last November the Constitutional Court dissolved the previous regulator.
The opposition had refused to join the government, after President Laurent Gbagbo had dissolved the previous one and the commission on Feb. 12, until it was reinstated.
It takes office after a court dissolved the previous governing party, the People Power Party, for electoral fraud, leading to a shift in power from allies of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to the longtime opposition Democrat Party.
Today's chaos dealt a major blow to Abhisit, who has been trying to project an image of calm and normality since taking power in a parliamentary vote four months ago, after a court dissolved the previous government for election fraud.
He is an experienced politician, although one who will also be seeking his first mandate from the electorate; he only came to power in 2008 after the courts dissolved the previous Thaksinite ruling party.
He dissolved his previous government last December, declaring it too unruly and choosing to court a national religious and pro-settlement right during the election campaign to form a "natural" rightwing government in which he felt he would be more comfortable.
In November 2009, King Abdullah dissolved the previous parliament, elected in 2007, only halfway through its four-year term.
The election follows a year of direct royal rule, after King Abdullah dissolved the previous parliament - which was widely accused of being ineffective - halfway through its four-year term.
The election follows a year of direct royal rule, after King Abdullah dissolved the previous parliament - which was widely accused of being ineffective - half-way through its four-year term.
"The nation deserves the chance to decide its own future but unfortunately it decides to play games". The election follows a year of direct royal rule, after King Abdullah dissolved the previous parliament - which was widely accused of being ineffective - half-way through its four-year term.
