MEA confident of no blackouts on election day

By The Nation

 

Nation/Ratchanon Intharaksa

 

The Metropolitan Electricity Authority expressed confidence on Saturday that no blackout would occur at ballot counting and election coordination centres in Bangkok on Sunday.

 

The MEA announced on its web site that it has checked and changed defective cables and electricity transmission equipment in Bangkok in preparation for election day.

 

The MEA said it has also prepared power backup systems at 136 ballot counting and election coordination centres in Bangkok in case of power disruption.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30366354

 

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That must reduce the chance of swapping piles of counted ballot papers to favour the military when the lights go out then.

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I notice the PEA's not in on this - we're on 64 power outages in five years in our village.

Like that going to make much different to a people who mostly cast their ballot blindly not knowing the core issues only how much money it will mean to them...

Thailand has been in a blackout for the last 5 years and by all accounts it will continue for many more years.