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Foreign community not concerned over national poll: EC chief

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Foreign community not concerned over national poll: EC chief

By Kas Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

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Election Commission (EC) President Ittiporn Boonpracong

 

Election Commission (EC) President Ittiporn Boonpracong said on Friday that foreign diplomats and members of the international community have voiced no concerns about the upcoming national election.

 

Ittiporn spoke after briefing representatives from embassies and international agencies about the February 24 election at the Foreign Ministry. Attending the briefing were 90 diplomats from 71 countries and three international agencies. Of the 90 participants, 17 were ambassadors, an EC source said. 

 

After the meeting, Ittiporn said nobody expressed any concern. “They believe the election will be held as scheduled, even though the date has not been made official yet,” he said. 

 

However, he added, several diplomats raised questions about the election process, including the controversial plan to select the prime minister and whether the poll will have any international observers. Ittiporn said he told them that the election would be held in line with the Constitution, and that the EC welcomed foreign observers, provided they did not show up in large numbers as the agency may not have the capacity to host them all.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30360427

 
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  • Is'nt it great that we, the foreign community have our own spokesman in the election commission to convey our thoughts.

  • Except those listed above ????

  • As Thailand fades into obscurity, why should they even care to comment?  It might ruin a golf game or an upcoming banquet being planned.  Fewer and fewer foreigners are working in Thailand which just

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30 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Election Commission (EC) President Ittiporn Boonpracong said on Friday that foreign diplomats and members of the international community have voiced no concerns about the upcoming national election.

Except those listed above ????

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

the EC welcomed foreign observers, provided they did not show up in large numbers

????????????????

I guess TVF is not part of "international community". 

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As Thailand fades into obscurity, why should they even care to comment?  It might ruin a golf game or an upcoming banquet being planned.  Fewer and fewer foreigners are working in Thailand which just says why bother?  Just keep churning out the those car and electronic parts.  Diplomats are the worse people to talk to .  You never get a straight answer.  Foreign business owners and managers are better, but as we know, there are far fewer of those around these days. 

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"Overture..dim the lights..

this is it..we'll give 'em some rights

and oh what an election it will be..

On with the show this is it!"

 

 

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What 'upcoming' Election- stand by for postponements folks.

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Is'nt it great that we, the foreign community have our own spokesman in the election commission to convey our thoughts.

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Why would foreign diplomats give a rat's-arse, they already know the outcome will change nothing. 

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3 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Is'nt it great that we, the foreign community have our own spokesman in the election commission to convey our thoughts.

Goes to show the Thaivisa isn't worth looking at or considered (by the power's that be), so why do some poster's think their input is meaningful in any way. 

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Outlaw foreigner- diplomats marching to our tune excepted!

Foreign observers decline to oversee the Thai elections upon finding out that the bars will be closed all weekend.

14 minutes ago, Artisi said:

Goes to show the Thaivisa isn't worth looking at or considered (by the power's that be), so why do some poster's think their input is meaningful in any way. 

You mean the govt doesn't form policy based on the comments posted on Thaivisa?......Well I'll be...….! 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

the EC welcomed foreign observers

But the Junta does not and guess who decides?

"Thailand does not need international observers to monitor next year’s general elections, the foreign minister said" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-politics/thai-junta-says-no-need-for-foreign-observers-at-next-years-election-idUSKCN1NB18S

“Allowing foreign observers means we have problems, in their eyes or in our own view. It means we can’t take care of ourselves. And that’s inauspicious,” Thailand’s Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai told reporters at Government House, adding that the best observers would be the Thai voters themselves.

https://www.thedailystar.net/online/news/thai-ban-foreign-polls-observer-un-unusual-step-1668499

 

Its just headbutting the brick wall; you know what you get, a headache. Not that other countries are not concerned, many are knee deep in their own crap.

 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“They believe the election will be held as scheduled, even though the date has not been made official yet,” he said. 

How can something without a date be "scheduled"?

They probably can not be arsed to care about the basket-case that is Thailand, anymore...

Whatever the outcome (if already known), it is interesting to know that the new parliament building at 1156/91 Samsen Road is near the military base of the 4th Tank Battalion of the 1st Division also on Samsen Road however this base is supposedly scheduled to move to Lop Buri or Saraburi in September 2019. (ref: Bangkok Post)

I can think of at least 28 countries that are interested in the outcome of the election. They happen to be the member countries of the European Union. A free trade agreement might be riding on the outcome. Even more so the way that they see how election has been conducted. I suspect the EU can see right through the shenanigans that the junta has been up to in the lead up to this corrupted election and I doubt that will go down well in any decision making by Brussels. 

2 hours ago, PatOngo said:

You mean the govt doesn't form policy based on the comments posted on Thaivisa?......Well I'll be...….! 

can you just imagine if they did ….

1 minute ago, Artisi said:

can you just imagine if they did ….

Brake failure would be a thing of the past.

1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

Brake failure would be a thing of the past.

But would brain failure? 

I can think of at least 28 countries that are interested in the outcome of the election. They happen to be the member countries of the European Union. A free trade agreement might be riding on the outcome. Even more so the way that they see how election has been conducted. I suspect the EU can see right through the shenanigans that the junta has been up to in the lead up to this corrupted election and I doubt that will go down well in any decision making by Brussels. 
Think you should have put eu corruption in your sentence[emoji6][emoji23][emoji6]

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1 hour ago, Artisi said:

can you just imagine if they did ….

Less tax on wine, better beer, cheaper women?

2 hours ago, Cadbury said:

I can think of at least 28 countries that are interested in the outcome of the election. They happen to be the member countries of the European Union. A free trade agreement might be riding on the outcome. Even more so the way that they see how election has been conducted. I suspect the EU can see right through the shenanigans that the junta has been up to in the lead up to this corrupted election and I doubt that will go down well in any decision making by Brussels. 

Indeed. As any negative outcome will surely be shady for the EU, which is for more dependent on this worked up agreement than Thailand might be....

16 hours ago, DrTuner said:

I guess TVF is not part of "international community". 

If so that might not be such a bad thing.  If Fearless Leader P and his minions took our comments seriously we'd probably all be rotting in a Thai jail right now... and/or already deported. :shock1:

1 hour ago, Jimbo in Thailand said:

If so that might not be such a bad thing.  If Fearless Leader P and his minions took our comments seriously we'd probably all be rotting in a Thai jail right now... and/or already deported. :shock1:

They'd have to find us first.

1 hour ago, zzaa09 said:

They'd have to find us first.

Big Brother IS watching YOU.

2 hours ago, Jimbo in Thailand said:

If so that might not be such a bad thing.  If Fearless Leader P and his minions took our comments seriously we'd probably all be rotting in a Thai jail right now... and/or already deported. :shock1:

Our comments pale greatly with those on Thai social media. Try reading them and you find them brutal, full of swear words and expletives filled attack of the junta aimed at both Ps. They have strength in numbers. 

22 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

However, he added, several diplomats raised questions about the election process, including the controversial plan to select the prime minister and whether the poll will have any international observers.

Sort of like saying it is black, unless you would prefer it to be white, we will call it whatever you like! Does this misdirection and outright lying ever stop?

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