The Election Commission (EC) has reminded candidates and political parties of the rules covering the hustings, in the lead up to the general election in May.

 

According to the EC, candidates must:

 

• Not offer, promise to offer or give away valuables or other benefits to voters
• Not offer or promise to offer money, valuables or other benefits, directly or indirectly, to a community, association, foundation, temple, educational institute, welfare shelter or any other institute.
• Refrain from organising entertainment activities while electioneering
• Refrain from holding a party or a banquet for anybody and
• Refrain from using tricks, coercion, influence, threats, making false accusations
• Refrain from misleading voters about the popularity of candidates or their parties.
• Not engage in campaigning that is in conflict with the policies of their parties
• Not provide free transport to voters to or from polling stations
• Not attempt to persuade voters to vote or not to vote for candidates

 

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That last point,

"Not attempt to persuade voters to vote or not to vote for candidates", rather removes the point of having an election campaign. Still I suppose it will come in handy when the disqualifications start flying around.

 

 

The fact that they need to be "reminded" is rather telling. On the other hand, rules are made to be broken. Especially when it comes to politics and elections in Thailand as well as the RTP and so many other govt entities.

Every single one of the list has been broken in all the elections I have witnessed during the last 20 years of living here.  On top of which, huge numbers of plastic posters are affixed to lamp posts at all road junctions obscuring safe vision and adding to the nation's pile; slow moving convoys of speaker vans bring traffic to a standstill. 

After all this frantic energy is expended by the successful snouts they then cease working (sometimes to the point of there not being enough members to debate weighty matters).  After the police, politicians are the second most shameful institution in the Kingdom.

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Election Commission (EC) has reminded candidates and political parties of the rules

Remind me again, what actually happens if those rules are broken by let's say a pro-military party?

Edited April 8, 20233 yr by klauskunkel

I didn't go past the 1st point because this is probably happening as I type.

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

• Refrain from misleading voters about the popularity of candidates or their parties.

??

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Not attempt to persuade voters to vote or not to vote for candidates

??

The most stupid from the list.

2 hours ago, mikebell said:

moving convoys of speaker vans bring traffic to a standstill

Could someone declare a rule that speaker being less than 100 dB so my ears don't fly off when they pass the house?? When you experience this you are reminded of living in a third world country. Campaigning for people who are essentially illiterate and have no idea/hopes about politics and party programs.

• Not offer, promise to offer or give away valuables or other benefits to voter,     so does this mean ther 10,000 baht bribe offered by thaksins party isnt counted as  a vauable/benefit, just goes to show how pathetic EC is if they do not tell them to remove the offered bribe as that is all it is, shows that thai politics is total BS and that corruption will always remain on top here

On 4/8/2023 at 1:09 AM, HuskerDo2 said:

The fact that they need to be "reminded" is rather telling. On the other hand, rules are made to be broken. Especially when it comes to politics and elections in Thailand as well as the RTP and so many other govt entities.

The rules weren’t made to be broken; the rules were made to be selectively applied to ensure the right people “win”.

25 minutes ago, MrMojoRisin said:

The rules weren’t made to be broken; the rules were made to be selectively applied to ensure the right people “win”.

Universal, ain't it.

Yet, too many choose to ignore or recognize as such. 

 

Not much difference [if any] in the Thai system and anywhere else. 

4 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Universal, ain't it.

Yet, too many choose to ignore or recognize as such. 

 

Not much difference [if any] in the Thai system and anywhere else. 

Fair comment.????????

20 hours ago, seajae said:

• Not offer, promise to offer or give away valuables or other benefits to voter,     so does this mean ther 10,000 baht bribe offered by thaksins party isnt counted as  a vauable/benefit, just goes to show how pathetic EC is if they do not tell them to remove the offered bribe as that is all it is, shows that thai politics is total BS and that corruption will always remain on top here

A post-election policy that covers many citizens (including people that did not vote for the party or vote at all is not the same as a direct offer of payment to individuals if they pledged to vote for the party in the lead up to the election. 

Edited April 9, 20233 yr by SABloke