Election Commission’s deputy secretary general transferred

[webfact]

Election Commission’s deputy secretary general transferred

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Election Commission’s Deputy Secretary General Nat Laosisavakul has been transferred on the order of the Election Commission Secretary General, Pol Col Charungwit Phumma.

 

Mr Nat who had been responsible for the March 24 election of MPs was transferred to the post of director of the Political and Electoral Development Institute. Meanwhile, Phaibul Lekphrom was transferred from the post of director of the Political and Electoral Development Institute to the post of deputy secretary general of the Election Commission. Mr Phaibul has been assigned to be in charge of public participation, while Deputy Election Commission Secretary General Metha Silaphan has been assigned to be in charge of elections and public referendums.

 

The recent election of MPs had been prone to criticism due to reported errors in the Election Commission’s handling of it regarding the division of electoral constituencies and the scheduling of the election date, which allegedly favored the National Council for Peace and Order and Palang Pracharath Party. Besides, absentee ballots from New Zealand were belatedly delivered and not counted.

 

Mr Nat was also held responsible for alleged errors in the reporting of the vote counting results, the announcement of the vote counting results and the controversial formula for the counting of votes for party-list MPs. Mr Nat had allegedly failed to give clarifications or maintain public confidence in the Election Commission’s handling of the election.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2019-07-18

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[smedly]

I wonder why

 

maybe he was about to spill the beans

[cornishcarlos]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

General Metha Silaphan has been assigned to be in charge of elections

 

Not a lot to do for the next 20 yrs then, according to the "road map" !! 

[sammieuk1]

Immediate impression what a trustworthy face $ what went wrong ????

[harada]

I guess someone had to take the fall for nearly losing a rigged election. ☹️

[bangkokfrog]

2 hours ago, smedly said:

I wonder why

 

maybe he was about to spill the beans

I don't think so. If that was the case, he would have simply "disappeared".

[holy cow cm]

Now the white washing begins

[mikebell]

Judging by the usual time scale, it will take four months to implement this order.

[hotchilli]

Job done of steering the election victory in the direction that was required it's time to move on to pastures new!