Jai Dee Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Sexy dancers at Thai political rally draw rebuke Scantily clad dancers were hired to spice up a political rally in Thailand ahead of this weekend's general election, drawing a censure from Election Commissioners on Wednesday. The rally in Ratchaburi province, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital, Bangkok, was organized by a provincial branch of the Election Commission on Tuesday evening. Local candidates from all political parties were invited to speak, with entertainment in between. Five dancers dressed in bikini tops, hot pants and stilettos gyrated on the stage, as loud music blared. The event came five days before Sunday's general election, which will return the country to democratic rule following a September 2006 military coup that ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. "We wanted something exciting to draw people to the event,'' said Chavalit Bunyeun, head of the commission's provincial office, which organized the event. He noted that the plan didn't really work: "Even though we had dancing girls, there were less than 100 people who came to hear the candidates.'' Election laws prohibit political parties from offering entertainment at rallies, but Chavalit said he didn't think the law applied to events organized by the Election Commission itself. The body's central office in Bangkok said it was shocked by the event and had opened an investigation. "We are seeking an explanation from our local office and have asked them to provide us with the reasons such a performance was permitted,'' said Sodsri Sathayatham, one of Thailand's five election commissioners. The Democrat Party, which was the opposition group while Thaksin was in power, boycotted the event and held its own rally about 200 meters (feet) away. Scantily clad dancers are hired as entertainment at a variety of mainstream venues in Thailand, including shopping malls, auto shows and at outdoor festivals. A troupe even entertained soldiers manning their tanks in Bangkok on a September afternoon after the military staged the coup. Source: Malaysian Star - 19 December 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jingthing Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Drats. I guess its back to the free viagra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriracha john Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Scantily clad dancers are hired as entertainment at a variety of mainstream venues in Thailand, including shopping malls, auto shows and at outdoor festivals. *and even monk ordinations.* the thread's here somewhere on that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 nor the first time TRT/PPP have failed to draw a crowd, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 The Democrat Party, which was the opposition group while Thaksin was in power, boycotted the event and held its own rally about 200 meters (feet) away. Someone hasn't quite got the hang of metric/Imperial conversions. 200 metres = 656 ft 2 1/64 inches 200 feet = 60.960 metres Or has Thailand switched to the water meter as a unit of measurement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 nor the first time TRT/PPP have failed to draw a crowd, I guess. They are pretty good at winning elections in landslide victories though. Agreed - they won two out of two, which makes it harder to see why they felt that they had to rig the third, later anulled, election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikethevigoman Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Sexy dancers at Thai political rally draw rebuke Scantily clad dancers were hired to spice up a political rally in Thailand ahead of this weekend's general election, drawing a censure from Election Commissioners on Wednesday. The rally in Ratchaburi province, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital, Bangkok, was organized by a provincial branch of the Election Commission on Tuesday evening. Local candidates from all political parties were invited to speak, with entertainment in between. Five dancers dressed in bikini tops, hot pants and stilettos gyrated on the stage, as loud music blared. The event came five days before Sunday's general election, which will return the country to democratic rule following a September 2006 military coup that ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. "We wanted something exciting to draw people to the event,'' said Chavalit Bunyeun, head of the commission's provincial office, which organized the event. He noted that the plan didn't really work: "Even though we had dancing girls, there were less than 100 people who came to hear the candidates.'' Election laws prohibit political parties from offering entertainment at rallies, but Chavalit said he didn't think the law applied to events organized by the Election Commission itself. The body's central office in Bangkok said it was shocked by the event and had opened an investigation. "We are seeking an explanation from our local office and have asked them to provide us with the reasons such a performance was permitted,'' said Sodsri Sathayatham, one of Thailand's five election commissioners. The Democrat Party, which was the opposition group while Thaksin was in power, boycotted the event and held its own rally about 200 meters (feet) away. Scantily clad dancers are hired as entertainment at a variety of mainstream venues in Thailand, including shopping malls, auto shows and at outdoor festivals. A troupe even entertained soldiers manning their tanks in Bangkok on a September afternoon after the military staged the coup. Source: Malaysian Star - 19 December 2007 one onlooker said "its not unusual to have a general erection once a year " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaideeguy Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I'll vote for those dancers!!!! hopefully they posted the event on youtube...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaytonSeymour Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Sexy dancers at Thai political rally draw rebuke Scantily clad dancers were hired to spice up a political rally in Thailand ahead of this weekend's general election, drawing a censure from Election Commissioners on Wednesday. The rally in Ratchaburi province, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital, Bangkok, was organized by a provincial branch of the Election Commission on Tuesday evening. Local candidates from all political parties were invited to speak, with entertainment in between. Five dancers dressed in bikini tops, hot pants and stilettos gyrated on the stage, as loud music blared. The event came five days before Sunday's general election, which will return the country to democratic rule following a September 2006 military coup that ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. "We wanted something exciting to draw people to the event,'' said Chavalit Bunyeun, head of the commission's provincial office, which organized the event. He noted that the plan didn't really work: "Even though we had dancing girls, there were less than 100 people who came to hear the candidates.'' Election laws prohibit political parties from offering entertainment at rallies, but Chavalit said he didn't think the law applied to events organized by the Election Commission itself. The body's central office in Bangkok said it was shocked by the event and had opened an investigation. "We are seeking an explanation from our local office and have asked them to provide us with the reasons such a performance was permitted,'' said Sodsri Sathayatham, one of Thailand's five election commissioners. The Democrat Party, which was the opposition group while Thaksin was in power, boycotted the event and held its own rally about 200 meters (feet) away. I know which rally I would have attended! Scantily clad dancers are hired as entertainment at a variety of mainstream venues in Thailand, including shopping malls, auto shows and at outdoor festivals. A troupe even entertained soldiers manning their tanks in Bangkok on a September afternoon after the military staged the coup. Source: Malaysian Star - 19 December 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkman Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 (edited) Sexy dancers at Thai political rally draw rebuke Scantily clad dancers were hired to spice up a political rally in Thailand ahead of this weekend's general election, drawing a censure from Election Commissioners on Wednesday. The rally in Ratchaburi province, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital, Bangkok, was organized by a provincial branch of the Election Commission on Tuesday evening. Local candidates from all political parties were invited to speak, with entertainment in between. Five dancers dressed in bikini tops, hot pants and stilettos gyrated on the stage, as loud music blared. The event came five days before Sunday's general election, which will return the country to democratic rule following a September 2006 military coup that ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. "We wanted something exciting to draw people to the event,'' said Chavalit Bunyeun, head of the commission's provincial office, which organized the event. He noted that the plan didn't really work: "Even though we had dancing girls, there were less than 100 people who came to hear the candidates.'' Election laws prohibit political parties from offering entertainment at rallies, but Chavalit said he didn't think the law applied to events organized by the Election Commission itself. The body's central office in Bangkok said it was shocked by the event and had opened an investigation. "We are seeking an explanation from our local office and have asked them to provide us with the reasons such a performance was permitted,'' said Sodsri Sathayatham, one of Thailand's five election commissioners. The Democrat Party, which was the opposition group while Thaksin was in power, boycotted the event and held its own rally about 200 meters (feet) away. I know which rally I would have attended! Scantily clad dancers are hired as entertainment at a variety of mainstream venues in Thailand, including shopping malls, auto shows and at outdoor festivals. A troupe even entertained soldiers manning their tanks in Bangkok on a September afternoon after the military staged the coup. Source: Malaysian Star - 19 December 2007 Thanks Clayton for the input. Many words like dancers, thailand, exciting and bikinis serve to drive the TV google search (and thus the search for their next desperate $, however they do it) even higher Edited December 24, 2007 by yorkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonthai Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 those dancers are rather ugly than sexy - and hardly miss thailand level (where girls wear half of that on the pictures). as to boosting election rallies and voting - allow 50% parity for female candidates on the lists to draw female electorate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumnien Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 It's ironic that those who opposed Purachai's moral restrictions on sex shows are now whining about a few rather unsexy typical rural performers on stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HobbsTheFerociousTiger Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Well, a beautiful Christmas morning.. what else to do but have a good whine? nor the first time TRT/PPP have failed to draw a crowd, I guess. biggrin.gif They are pretty good at winning elections in landslide victories though. laugh.gif Agreed - they won two out of two, which makes it harder to see why they felt that they had to rig the third, later anulled, election. cool.gif OT, but need to respond to make corrections: I wish people would check the facts before posting, things that really aren't disputed and the records are there for everyone to check. TRT were punished for trying to get other parties to contest elections after the Democrat party BOYCOTTED the elections, thus causing a stalemate. TRT then tried to get others to run so that a result could be obtained in a handful of Southern districts. The Democrat party was charged with derailing the elections also, but, as this didn't suite their military masters, they were acquitted in the show-trial that served to ban TRT. Many in Thailand feel TRT acted in good faith on this, which is why PPP is now again the biggest party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 (edited) Well, a beautiful Christmas morning.. what else to do but have a good whine? Love the pun ! nor the first time TRT/PPP have failed to draw a crowd, I guess. biggrin.gif They are pretty good at winning elections in landslide victories though. laugh.gif Agreed - they won two out of two, which makes it harder to see why they felt that they had to rig the third, later anulled, election. cool.gif I wish people would check the facts before posting The facts being that the 3 posts referred to were made a week ago, not on Christmas morning, but as you say, it is a beautiful peaceful Christmas morning, so Merry Christmas one-and-all. Edited December 25, 2007 by Ricardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HobbsTheFerociousTiger Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Oh ok.. Sorry about that then. (And.. not sure if I should admit that the pun wasn't intentional.. I guess the credit for the pun falls to you. ) Merry Christmas!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnyJ Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 The Democrat Party, which was the opposition group while Thaksin was in power, boycotted the event and held its own rally about 200 meters (feet) away. Someone hasn't quite got the hang of metric/Imperial conversions. 200 metres = 656 ft 2 1/64 inches 200 feet = 60.960 metres Or has Thailand switched to the water meter as a unit of measurement? Maybe they were not sure how strong a tele-lens the Democrat's had on their camera to steal the show to their screen. Anyway the Loy Krathong shows looked a lot better than this one. Who knows, maybe all the parties tried to put their effort together and collect some money to give to orphans and other unlucky kids at Christmas.. And peace on earth.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai_narak Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 The Democrat Party, which was the opposition group while Thaksin was in power, boycotted the event and held its own rally about 200 meters (feet) away. Someone hasn't quite got the hang of metric/Imperial conversions. 200 metres = 656 ft 2 1/64 inches 200 feet = 60.960 metres Or has Thailand switched to the water meter as a unit of measurement? at 200 ft. they woulld be throwing bananas and tomatoes with each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Election laws prohibit political parties from offering entertainment at rallies, but Chavalit said he didn't think the law applied to events organized by the Election Commission itself. or [All Thai] laws prohibit political parties from offering [incitements, incentives and/or bribes], but [enter politicians name here] said he didn't think the law applied to [enter name of politician and/or government entity here]. And that, IMHO, sums up the whole enchilada, past, present and future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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