The sale of alcohol is banned throughout Thailand this weekend.

 

The ban comes into force from 6pm on Saturday night (Mar 27) through to 6pm Sunday night (Mar 28).

 

The ban on the sale of alcohol is due to municipal elections taking place nationwide.

 

While bars and nightclubs are allowed to open, the sale of alcohol is prohibited. 

 

Drinking at home is permitted.

 

Anyone who breaks the law regarding the sale of alcohol during the elections faces up to six months in jail and/or a 10,000 baht fine.

 

While the exact rules and penalties regarding the sale of alcohol this weekend may differ slightly from province to province, don’t expect your local bar to be serving booze until after the 6pm deadline has passed.
 

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Drinking at home is permitted........Hallelujah, But I Don't drink Anyway.....

How is having a drink at a bar compared to having one at home going to effect a local election?

Hold on...where's the source for this info?

 

What's the reason for the ban?

 

 

9 minutes ago, Thechook said:

How is having a drink at a bar compared to having one at home going to effect a local election?

Depends on who buy you the drink.

Anyway, here in Thailand, upcountry folks prefer cash in hand. 

21 minutes ago, eeworldwide said:

Hold on...where's the source for this info?

 

What's the reason for the ban?

 

 

Are you serious, live in Thailand?

You need a source about the election?

I don't. Terrible loudspeaker monsters passing every hour and shouting for their candidate.

 

Reason: it's called the election law.

Same for every election since I remember.

Well, we can't run the risk of having voters drunk in charge of ballot papers, can we?

 

Contrast the oppressive attitude of the powers-that-be towards the sale of alcohol at election times with their totally relaxed attitude towards noise pollution problems caused by the assortment of campaigning pick-ups and their multi-megawatt sound systems which have been plaguing my neighbourhood for the past few weeks! ????

 

If I were able to vote in these municipal elections I would definitely vote for the candidate who did not feel the need to resort to such antisocial canvassing tactics, regardless of their political affiliations - assuming, of course, that any such candidate existed, which somehow I doubt.

 

35 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Are you serious, live in Thailand?

You need a source about the election?

I don't. Terrible loudspeaker monsters passing every hour and shouting for their candidate.

 

Reason: it's called the election law.

Same for every election since I remember.

At least they are wearing those plastic face shields while piled in the back of utes and blocking traffic.

1 hour ago, Thechook said:

How is having a drink at a bar compared to having one at home going to effect a local election?

Us foreigners should be excluded anyway as we cannot vote therefore cannot effect the results unless we set fire to the counting house, oops that where the money goes.

1 hour ago, eeworldwide said:

Hold on...where's the source for this info?

 

What's the reason for the ban?

 

 

from the original report

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The ban on the sale of alcohol is due to municipal elections taking place nationwide.

 

 

1 hour ago, eeworldwide said:

Hold on...where's the source for this info?

 

What's the reason for the ban?

 

 

Thais go to the polls on Sunday for the first time since 2011, which also means there will be a 24-hour alcohol ban this weekend.

 

Alcohol sales and distribution will be forbidden from 6pm on Saturday to 6pm on Sunday.Officials say weddings, parties and other celebrations can still be organised for these dates but there must be no alcohol served or consumed.

 

https//www.nationthailand.com/news/30366322

So you can drink and drive......but you can't drink and vote?

No worries; Mom and Pop shop next door to the Election Office will sell you Booze any day of the year, ban or no ban !

What elections!?????...I nearly fell off the hammock laughing at reading this as I live on the beach and they bring additional booze with many more crates of beer and whisky!!????????????

37 minutes ago, UncleMhee said:

Thais go to the polls on Sunday for the first time since 2011

Did we not have a couple of election days last year? In fact, there was one in January.

It is againgst the law to buy drink on election day but not againgst the law to bung people to vote for you, amazing Thailand. ????????????

1 hour ago, foreverlomsak said:

Us foreigners should be excluded anyway as we cannot vote therefore cannot effect the results unless we set fire to the counting house, oops that where the money goes.

Exceptions for foreigners is never going to happen. Just stock up your fridge and invite some mates over or watch some movies. Not a big deal. Little family shops is sois will sell it to you regardless. 

7 minutes ago, dbrenn said:

Exceptions for foreigners is never going to happen. Just stock up your fridge and invite some mates over or watch some movies. Not a big deal. Little family shops is sois will sell it to you regardless. 

very rarely will would find me without a bottle or 12 in the house and

alternative plans/locations are always in place for this and other bans.

2 hours ago, Nong Khai Man said:

I Don't drink Anyway

I have never seen "Anyway" on sale anywhere!  Is it anything like Chang?

For the avoidance of doubt - the alcohol ban doesn't apply to Bangkok.

What elections?

58 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

No worries; Mom and Pop shop next door to the Election Office will sell you Booze any day of the year, ban or no ban !

 

And at any time of day they are open... ????- on my Soi in central BKK I go for a walk around 7 a.m. and I can guarantee there's a group of guys sat facing the Mom and Pop shop having a beer. Not drunk, they've just finished their shifts at the local large hotel and having an after work beer & chat. Don't see anything wrong with it.

trying to prove a proverb: "i say when i drink what i think when i'm sober"

3 hours ago, eeworldwide said:

What's the reason for the ban?

They want to see your hands shake!

Anyway, if the elections are on Sunday, why a ban on Saturday?

 

A ban on buying is not a ban on drinking

 

The best solution to this dilemma is to give everyone outside the polling booth a breath test before being allowed in!

 

 

3 hours ago, OJAS said:

Well, we can't run the risk of having voters drunk in charge of ballot papers, can we?

 

Contrast the oppressive attitude of the powers-that-be towards the sale of alcohol at election times with their totally relaxed attitude towards noise pollution problems caused by the assortment of campaigning pick-ups and their multi-megawatt sound systems which have been plaguing my neighbourhood for the past few weeks! ????

 

If I were able to vote in these municipal elections I would definitely vote for the candidate who did not feel the need to resort to such antisocial canvassing tactics, regardless of their political affiliations - assuming, of course, that any such candidate existed, which somehow I doubt.

 

Go and grab a beer, whilst you can!

4 hours ago, Thechook said:

How is having a drink at a bar compared to having one at home going to effect a local election?

Exactly!

1 hour ago, eeworldwide said:

For the avoidance of doubt - the alcohol ban doesn't apply to Bangkok.

 

Exactly. I sent out four queries to pubs, got three replies so far. Bangkok pubs on Sukhumvit 13, 23 and 33/1 all serving tonight. 

 

PS Thank you Thai English media for reporting a blanket ban without mentioning Bangkok is exempt. Someone above said Pattaya bars are open, too.

Be a happy man when these speaker trucks stop spruking at full noise, 6am and 5pm every day for the past month. Lucky there is only two of them. 

Must be beer o'clock. Cheers

Just now, sherwood said:

Be a happy man when these speaker trucks stop spruking at full noise, 6am and 5pm every day for the past month. Lucky there is only two of them. 

Must be beer o'clock. Cheers

God....they are annoying. If I could vote I would only vote for whoever didn't have one of things trundling around.