EC sets limits on election spending for  and parties

 

 

The Election Commission has agreed to set a limit of individual election spending of candidates at two million baht each and 70 million baht for political parties.

 

A well-informed source in the EC said that details of the poll spending by both individual candidates and parties are included in a regulation to be submitted to the EC board for finalization before being presented to parties at a joint meeting with the EC on Wednesday.

 

Regarding the election spending for each party, the source said the EC has set the limit in accordance with the number of candidates that each party has decided to field based on the ground rule of 10 million baht maximum for 50 candidates.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/ec-sets-limits-on-election-spending-for-and-parties/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-12-18

Limits set for all, except his boss, ol' cha cha.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The Election Commission has agreed to set a limit of individual election spending of candidates at two million baht each and 70 million baht for political parties.

in a place like thailand, i doubt that the rich and powerful and their teams of lawyers will have any trouble end-running such limits

Every day a new way to try to stifle any opposition.

More reasons the decision to splinter the PT into a series of smaller parties makes sense.

2 hours ago, Aussie999 said:

Limits set for all, except his boss, ol' cha cha.

He probably prefers to recite the famous phrase: 

"you shall not have any gods big spenders before me!"

3 hours ago, webfact said:

"....a limit of individual election spending of candidates at two million baht each and 70 million baht for political parties".

Whereas for the last twelve months or more the junta and it's political supporters have had the benefit of a bottomless pit of taxpayer money with which to buy populism and votes. 

2 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

More reasons the decision to splinter the PT into a series of smaller parties makes sense.

Not to mention that PTP's decision to do so followed pro-military political parties announcement to do so. In effect the EC's election spending rules won't apply to the medium and large parties.

The small parties stand to suffer the greatest financing constraints. That would be ironic as the new MMA electoral system was designed in part to give small parties more seats than in previous elections.

10 hours ago, Thailand said:

Every day a new way to try to stifle any opposition.

So you prefer the American system.

EC is showing its lack of impartiality without setting any limits on the junta government which is being lead by a self confessed politician.  This military government has no check or balance, no duty to the people as they were NOT elected.  Election monitors are needed at this very moment.   

15 hours ago, Aussie999 said:

Limits set for all, except his boss, ol' cha cha.

Ol' cha can will be using tax payer money so that doesn't count. This is just another way to give Ol' cha cha an edge.