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Another gigantic roadside sign featuring Prawit spotted in Buengkarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANOTHER COLOSSAL ROADSIDE sign featuring caretaker Prime Minister-cum-Palang Pracharath party leader Prawit Wongsuwan has been spotted in downtown Buengkarn with an attached note literally soliciting legal leniency for its existence. The vinyl billboard features an enlarged picture of the mask-wearing Prawit, the ruling party’s logo and catchphrases about a watershed …
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Palang Pracharath Party blasted for using welfare cards to wins votes
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH Party was today (Sept. 19) taken to task for using state welfare cards in “utterly disgusting” fashion to muster popularity among constituents in the provinces well ahead of the next general election. Deputy Pheu Thai Party secretary-general Khunakorn Preechachanachai alleged that the largest coalition partner had obviously resorted …
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Pheu Thai Party flexes muscles at local contest in Roi Et
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI PARTY today (Sept. 18) flexed their muscles contesting for head of a provincial administration of Roi Et in what was largely viewed as a warm-up to the next general election for MPs. Though the election for head of the northeastern provincial administrative organisation, scheduled for next Sunday, merely …
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Every party’s vote-wooing roadside signs everywhere: Chaiwut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH party is not the only one that may currently have gigantic signs featuring the party’s top leader and logo set up along the roads in the provinces to muster popular support for the next general election, said Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaiwut Tanakhamanusorn today (Sept. 17). Not …
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Official campaign period for next election starts on Sept. 24
THE ELECTION Commission announced today (Sept. 16) that as of Sept. 24 the House of Representatives would have 180 days left of its current term and political parties could start campaigning for the next general election from that day onwards, Sanook.com said. According to Section 68 of the Organic Act campaigning can start when the …
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‘No appropriate reason’ for Prawit to dissolve House yet: Wissanu
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THERE HAS BEEN “no appropriate reason” so far for caretaker Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan to dissolve the House of Representatives and call a general election anytime soon, commented Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (August 29). The deputy premier categorically dismissed hearsay that the caretaker premier might probably dissolve the …
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Last-ditch bid to amend election law scuttled over lack of quorum
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE LAST-DITCH EFFORT by lawmakers to amend the constitution’s organic law on the election for MPs finally came to an end due to lack of a quorum today (August 15), thus forcing the use of the original version proposed by the government. The MPs and senators attending today’s joint House/Senate meeting …
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Abortion of organic law on election looms
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONTENTIOUS AMENDMENT to an electoral system under one of the constitution’s organic laws hit an impasse due to lack of a quorum at parliament today (August 10), thus fueling the possibility of it being entirely aborted very shortly. Though a total of 403 lawmakers had attended to make a quorum …
Urgent! Election Commission has endorsed Chadchart as Bangkok governor
ON the second consecutive day of considering Bangkok gubernatorial and city council election results the Election Commission today (May 31) endorsed Chadchart Sittipunt as the governor of Bangkok after his landslide victory where he got 1,386,215 votes, Matichon newspaper said. The election body held a video conference via Zoom Cloud to consider the election …
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Social media boiling with rage over Chadchart delay
AFTER THE Election Commission postponed endorsing Chadchart Sittipunt as the governor of Bangkok despite his landslide victory in the gubernatorial election over complaints that his vinyl campaign posters can be converted into bags and aprons the Thai social media boiled with anger with the hashtag #EC what…happened turning into Twitter’s top trend in Thailand, …
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5 of 10 uncertified winners of Bangkok council election from Pheu Thai Party
EVEN AS the Election Commission announced the names of the Bangkok council election winners in 40 out of 50 districts among the remaining 10 who topped their districts five are from Pheu Thai Party, Matichon newspaper said this evening (May 30). Already certified as Bangkok councillors are 15 out of 20 Pheu Thai Party winners, …
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Election Commission puts off certifying Chadchart as Bangkok governor
THE ELECTION COMMISSION this afternoon (May 30) postponed certifying Chadchart Sittipunt as the governor of Bangkok after his landslide victory in the gubernatorial election where he got 1,386,215 votes nor the winners of the city council elections, Matichon newspaper said. The Election Commission held a meeting to consider announcing the results of Bangkok elections …
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Chadchart denies cabbie turned him away
INCOMING Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittiphan today (May 24) clarified that a video clip going viral on Thai social media showing him getting into a taxi and a moment later getting out was not due the driver having refused him a ride as has been misconstrued, Sanook.com said today (May 24). Cyber critics angrily pointed out …
Chadchart’s recyclable campaign posters quickly disappear
SOON after Bangkok governor election ended last evening (May 22) the campaign posters of the winner Chadchart Sittipunt quickly disappeared from all corners of Bangkok with people taking them to stitch into bags or use as aprons, Sanook.com and TV Channel 7 said. Chadchart had posted a message about his campaign posters, made of …
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Chadchart’s landslide win deals crushing blow to Prayut regime: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHADCHART SITTIPUNT’S landslide victory as Bangkok governor has dealt a crushing blow to the Prayut regime as a whole, according to a noted university academic. The results of Sunday’s gubernatorial and Bangkok Metropolitan council elections have significantly underscored the current situation in which most Bangkokians have no longer relied on …
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Chadchart wins landslide victory as Bangkok governor
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHADCHART SITTIPUNT has today (May 22) struck a landslide victory in Bangkok’s gubernatorial election with a record 1.37 million-plus votes, according to unofficial reports. Chadchart who has run as a non-partisan candidate was believed to have won in all 50 districts of Bangkok with the 1.37 million-plus votes recorded as the …
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Chadchart vows to continue Aswin’s good projects
WITH unofficial result of Bangkok governor election after 73.82% of the votes had been counted by 9.10 p.m. showing former transport minister Chadchart Sittipunt in the lead with 1,000,387 votes, he later said that he would continue the good projects launched by former governor Aswin Kwanmuang, Matichon said. Chadchart also thanked Asawin for taking …
Chadchart topped three pre-election surveys
WITH Bangkok’s gubernatorial election having now ended and results expected at 9 p.m. today (May 22), pre-election surveys by three institutions showed former transport minister Chadchart Sittipunt leading all of them, Amarin TV said. The Election Commission had banned the publication of these surveys seven days before the election. These are the results of …
Heavy traffic on Bangkok governor election day
ALL ROADS in Bangkok led to polling stations today (May 22) with residents flocking to cast their ballot in the gubernatorial election with heavy traffic congestion on several key roads across the metropolis making Sunday no different than the rush hour on weekdays. A total of about 4.5 million Bangkokians have the right to vote …
Russell Crowe wants Bangkok governor candidates to answer 3 questions
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HOLLYWOOD megastar Russell Crowe who late last year warmed the hearts of Thai fans by sharing beautiful photos of Bangkok and Phuket on Twitter but also highlighting a key problem in the capital by publishing a photo of a mass of overhead cables with the caption “Bangkok dreaming…” has three questions …
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Analysis: Chadchart, Wiroj remain top favourites for Bangkok governor
By Out-Crowd FORMER TRANSPORT MINISTER Chadchart Sittipunt and former Move Forward MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn have so far appeared as top favourites with relatively good chances of grabbing a victory among all candidates vying in Bangkok’s gubernatorial election scheduled for the upcoming Sunday. The other contestants who will merely come out as also-rans will likely …
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Election 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 …
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