Thai voters accuse Election Commission of corruption and electoral interference

[webfact]

Photo via Facebook/ ข่าวสัตหีบโพสต์ Sattahip News

 

by Petch Petpailin

The Election Commission of Thailand (EC) has been accused of corruption and interfering in the electoral process by voters in the Sattahip district of Chon Buri. Thai voters in the Sattahip district of Chon Buri filed complaints against the EC after the number of votes exceeded the actual number of voters by nearly 5,000.

 

The EC is responsible for overseeing the 10th constituency of the Sattahip district. It announced that out of 131,994 registered voters, 93,252 individuals cast their ballots. According to the EC, 87,961 were valid ballots, 7,229 were invalid ballots, and 3,057 were classified as ‘vote no’ ballots. But it appears the EC is crap at maths as there is a discrepancy in the numbers as 98,247 votes were cast which exceeded the number of residents, 93,252.

A resident of the Sattahip district, Wiranda Pandee, attempted to take a picture and record a video of the discrepancy as evidence, but an EC employee grabbed her phone, causing Wiranda to fall and injure her wrist. Wiranda was immediately taken to hospital for treatment.

 

The situation became more tense when a group of residents and authorities almost clashed over the vote discrepancy, but the police intervened to prevent any further escalation.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thai-voters-accuse-election-commission-of-corruption-and-electoral-interference

 

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[Tropicalevo]

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thai voters in the Sattahip district of Chon Buri filed complaints against the EC after the number of votes exceeded the actual number of voters by nearly 5,000.

EC corrupt?

Never. Surely not.

The folk on that committee were hand picked by Prayut.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

But it appears the EC is crap at maths as there is a discrepancy in the numbers as 98,247 votes were cast which exceeded the number of residents, 93,252.

Oooop's

[Purdey]

Who will lead the investigation? The EC? Is there an independent organization that can take real action?

[xtrnuno41]

And what you call it when a party is promising 10000 baht in a digital wallet for each citizen over 16years?

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/04/10/pheu-thai-10k-baht-digital-cash-giveaway-probed-by-election-commission/

[JayClay]

2 hours ago, xtrnuno41 said:

And what you call it when a party is promising 10000 baht in a digital wallet for each citizen over 16years?

A policy

[proton]

2 hours ago, xtrnuno41 said:

And what you call it when a party is promising 10000 baht in a digital wallet for each citizen over 16years?

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/04/10/pheu-thai-10k-baht-digital-cash-giveaway-probed-by-election-commission/

They were all offering some financial incentives

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2 hours ago, xtrnuno41 said:

And what you call it when a party is promising 10000 baht in a digital wallet for each citizen over 16years?

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/04/10/pheu-thai-10k-baht-digital-cash-giveaway-probed-by-election-commission/

Sensible.........

[billd766]

3 hours ago, xtrnuno41 said:

And what you call it when a party is promising 10000 baht in a digital wallet for each citizen over 16years?

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/04/10/pheu-thai-10k-baht-digital-cash-giveaway-probed-by-election-commission/

But ONLY if they win, and they didn't.

[siftasam]

I think Election Corruption is admirable.

 

There is a long and respected history of it in the UK and, as we know, where the UK leads, the rest of the world follows.

 

So, a welcome return to 'Eat and Swill' elections, I say!

 

Bring on the Hogarthian grotesques.

 

I'm hoping to engage the support of some real Thais (i.e. Chinese) to form a radical new Pad Thai party. Our slogan will be 'Free Pad Thai For All'. 

 

It's a winner!

 

[mikebell]

On 5/16/2023 at 9:59 AM, webfact said:

filed complaints against the EC after the number of votes exceeded the actual number of voters by nearly 5,000.

Maths is not Thailand's strong point!  Nor Democracy.

Edited May 17, 2023 by mikebell
improved expression.