EC Office claims it spent 463 million baht on election of senators

[webfact]

EC Office claims it spent 463 million baht on election of senators

 

 

The Office of the Election Commission has clarified that it actually spent 463 million baht of the total 1.3 billion baht budget allocated for the election and selection of 250 senators.

 

The EC’s Office decided to issue a clarification after the office came under heavy criticism from the opposition, academics and other critics for alleged overspending.

 

The EC’s Office stated was responsible for holding elections in 77 provinces among professional groups to elect 200 potential candidates. That list of names was submitted to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to shortlist 100, of which half would become senators and the other half placed in reserve.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/ec-office-claims-it-spent-463-million-baht-on-election-of-senators/

 

 

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[Chazar]

next time choose them  all yourself, you virtually  did anyway

[londonthai]

they were not elected, but selected.

nobody voted for them, the picture is misleading. 

this is lie, not just misprint or lost in translation. 

they spent 1/10 th of what the general election cost

Edited July 2, 2019 by londonthai

[Puchaiyank]

This article should put to rest those detractors who claim the election was bought and paid for by the military government...????

[Thailand]

20 mill each, nice signing on fee.

[mikebell]

Did they give back the underspend?

[Lenny Jones]

Seriously!

You could not make this rubbish up!

Nothing but a feast for the corruption machine.  Spending money on a farcical election then ignoring the results, picking cronies to support the dictatorship and blatantly calling it "a democratic process"

Unbelievable!

[Denim]

And now our great leader will lead his appointed chums in the senate on a good old fashioned singalong. Caberet time.

 

 

[legend49]

how many submarines would that waste of money buy?

[Thaiwrath]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

EC Office claims it spent 463 million baht on election of senators

Is that all ?

Not bad really, when you consider, it could have been wasted on things like building new hospitals !

 

Edited July 3, 2019 by Thaiwrath

[Chang_paarp]

HOW?? 

There was no election, just a secret nomination process and a vote in the "parliament". How could that justify the better part of half a billion baht? 

[klauskunkel]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

EC Office claims it spent 463 million baht on election of senators

I could have done it for 20 baht.

They probably did too.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, Lenny Jones said:

Seriously!

You could not make this rubbish up!

Nothing but a feast for the corruption machine.  Spending money on a farcical election then ignoring the results, picking cronies to support the dictatorship and blatantly calling it "a democratic process"

Unbelievable!

But true !

[Sydebolle]

Hope, the webmaster of Thaivisa dont mind my correction on this particular headline, where they apparently forgot the letter "S" in:
"EC Office claims it spent 463 million baht on Selection of senators"
As I do no longer pay taxes in Thailand ........ 

[justin case]

spend a few millions and your return could be billions

[yokat]

Can we see a breakdown of the spendings ? I am curious how they would attempt to justify this amount being spent on making a list of names.

[pornprong]

On 7/5/2019 at 3:19 PM, yokat said:

Can we see a breakdown of the spendings ? I am curious how they would attempt to justify this amount being spent on making a list of names.

No you cannot.

We will justify nothing.

Any more noise from you and there'll be a knock on the door.

[Thongkorn]

Not surprised they where offering 500 baht to People who would  vote for them in the Wifes family area.