By Thai Newsroom Reporters “ELECTION COMMISSIONERS MUST GO TO JAIL” hashtag has topped today’s (June 10) Twitter trend in Thailand. Today’s top Twitter hashtag saying “Election commissioners must go to jail” has ultimately underscored public sentiment against the highly contentious acts of the seven-member Election Commission desperately trying to find fault with Move Forward
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Polling agency wants to knock out Move Forward: Rangsiman
MOVE FORWARD spokesman Rangsiman Rome this evening (June 10) said the Election Commission’s decision to investigate whether party leader and prime minister-designate Pita Limjaroenrat had violated sections 42(3) and 151 of the election organic law was tantamount to kicking and trying to cut off the party’s legs but this will fail, TV Channel 7
Read morePita to be verified as MP regardless of possible lawsuit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER/PRIME minister-designate Pita Limjaroenrat will very likely be verified as MP among others, no matter if any legal action might possibly be filed against him by the Election Commission at a later date, confirmed the polling agency’s secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee today (June 9). The Election Commission which is
Read moreMove Forward: Polling agency asking about about hammer and sickle symbol in cartoon image
MOVE FORWARD Party’s Facebook page this morning (June 7) posted a message that the Election Commission had asked for clarification on the depiction of the crossed hammer and sickle symbol in one of the cartoon images published during campaigning for the May 14 general election, Naewna newspaper said. In the post the party pointed
Read moreOver a million people sign petition to remove polling agency
A TWITTER hashtag that translates to #What’sThePointOfHavingElectionCommission? remains the top trending theme in Thailand today (May 8) after rapidly climbing during advance voting yesterday with over a million people having signed an online petition calling for the removal of the election commissioners amid complaints of errors, Sanook.com said. Throughout yesterday’s advance voting that ended
Read moreCourt rescinds polling agency’s ban on ex-Democrat MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT today (May 2) rescinded the Election Commission’s decision to ban a former Democrat MP from contesting the May 14 general election in Nakhon Nayok. The Supreme Court overruled the order earlier given by the Election Commission’s branch office in charge of Constituency 2 of the central province
Read morePalang Pracharath will likely be dissolved if caught getting grey money: Somchai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RULING PALANG PRACHARATH Party would likely be dissolved if evidently found to have received three million baht worth of grey money allegedly laundered by a Chinese-born, Thai-naturalised businessman who gave it away, said former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn today (Oct. 28). The polling agency was practically cautioned to see to
Read morePolling agency chief to be quizzed on banning MPs from helping flood victims
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION will be summoned for testimony before the House Committee on Corruption and Misconduct over a contentious ban which is currently keeping MPs from helping flood victims in the provinces. House Committee on Corruption and Misconduct chairman Seripisut Temiyavej confirmed today (Oct. 22) he will summon Election Commission secretary-general
Read moreElection Commission to pay compensation to misjudged MP with taxpayers’ money: Wissanu
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION may be finally obliged to pay 64.1 million baht in compensatory damage with taxpayers’ money to an ex-Pheu Thai MP who has been mistakenly accused by the polling agency as a vote buyer, confirmed Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (Apr. 21). The 64.1 million baht compensation
Read moreWine cooler at Election Commission ‘used to keep fruit juice for guests’
A FORMER election commissioner said in a Facebook post today (Nov. 11) that the wine cooler at the office of Mr. Thitichat Nuchanat, election commissioner-IT, was used to keep fruit juice for guests, Sanook.com said. The Election Commission had yesterday quickly deleted a photo of the commissioner giving an interview to a reporter after
Read moreElection Commission deletes photo after netizens zoom in on suspicious cabinet
THE Election Commission today (Nov. 10) quickly deleted a photo of a commissioner giving an interview to a reporter after Thai netizens noticed a cabinet with solid glass at the corner of the office that appeared to be a wine cooler, Sanook.com said. Mr. Thitichat Nuchanat, Election Commissioner-IT, was giving information about preparations for the
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