All Bangkok's 50 election directors resign

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All Bangkok's 50 election directors resign



BANGKOK: -- All election directors of Bangkok’s 50 districts have resigned en masse, Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, a member of the Election Commission revealed today.

He said that he has received the report of the resignation of all election directors of Bangkok today.

He said that it was the duty of the EC to appoint others to the vacancy.

He said that he also received report that the National Municipal League of Thailand has announced to boycott the general election.

This, he said, was to signal to the EC that all local government administration would not give cooperation to the EC in holding the election.

Mr Somchai, a EC commissioner in charge of the election holdng, was scheduled to meet the caretaker Prime Minister to consult the rescheduling of the February 2 election.

He said that during the meeting he would explain to the caretaker government that even though the government insisted on the February 2 election, it could not resolve anything as the EC could not announce names of the 500 MPs and might take over six months to announce all names.

This will plunge the country into a political vacuum in which the Parliament cannot convene, and government cannot be formed.

He suggested that if all sides turned to other better alternative that is to reschedule the election, it would be a better solution to resolve the conflict and this might take not more than four months.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bangkoks-50-election-directors-resign/


-- Thai PBS 2014-01-28

[Costas2008]

[smutcakes]

Lets take a name check on these 50 persons and keep track of where they end up, it is only a matter of time before the Democrats are back in power and no doubt these names will reappear in various 'positions'then.

[chrisinth]

I wonder if anyone saw that one coming?

[kkerry]

They all came to the same conclusion that they need to resign... amazing Thailand...

[hands22]

This is a shameful day for Thailand.

[Skywalker69]

PTP, Yingluck and Thaksin. Your shit is piling up, big time. Well "som nam na"

[fat mick]

[Skywalker69]

Lets take a name check on these 50 persons and keep track of where they end up, it is only a matter of time before the Democrats are back in power and no doubt these names will reappear in various 'positions'then.

Sigh!!!

[15Peter20]

Oh dear. No ones got any balls around here.

[GeorgeO]

Not unexpected at all, and apparently, the only way that they could possibly make the lady see sense.

What is now required is for her to make a public appearance announcing that the election is off, she and her caretaker government are stepping down, Suthep can therefore call off the street protests, and the business of carrying out necessary reforms can get under way.

She must also make it very clear to the Red Shirt extremists that their cause is over, and they should return to their homes; furthermore, anyone caught involved in any acts of shootings or bombing in response to the resignation of the government should be made to face the full extent of the law.

[Roadman]

Checkmate Thaksin. He can now enjoy the rest of his life in Dubai. Never mind by the time the courts are finished the rest of the mafia family may want to join him.

On the way out Yingluck should have the morals and decency for once in her puppet life and with conviction cede governance and call for meaningful reform.

[smutcakes]

Checkmate Thaksin. He can now enjoy the rest of his life in Dubai. Never mind by the time the courts are finished the rest of the mafia family may want to join him.

On the way out Yingluck should have the morals and decency for once in her puppet life and with conviction cede governance and call for meaningful reform.

and then be voted back in as PM..... not a bad idea.

[Thailand]

The whole lot of em, red white yellow etc are the sorriest bunch of losers and should be ashamed of themselves making a mockery of their jobs, their country and just about anything else you can think of. Nobody,party or whatever will come out of this smelling of nothing but disgrace.

Very,very sad!

[celso]

So sick of all this meaningless nonsense. Can we just skip to the coup already?

[haroldc]

Oh dear. No ones got any balls around here.

On the contrary, they have demonstrated considerable courage, not to mention common sense.

[dinom]

Not unexpected at all, and apparently, the only way that they could possibly make the lady see sense.

What is now required is for her to make a public appearance announcing that the election is off, she and her caretaker government are stepping down, Suthep can therefore call off the street protests, and the business of carrying out necessary reforms can get under way.

She must also make it very clear to the Red Shirt extremists that their cause is over, and they should return to their homes; furthermore, anyone caught involved in any acts of shootings or bombing in response to the resignation of the government should be made to face the full extent of the law.

Wishful thinking, let's see what's next...

[Katipo]

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

[Patje]

All election directors of Bangkok’s 50 districts have resigned en masse, Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, a member of the Election Commission revealed today.

I wonder how much bribe Khun Somchai is taking home from this move, Election Commission sold to highest bidder

[Roadman]

Checkmate Thaksin. He can now enjoy the rest of his life in Dubai. Never mind by the time the courts are finished the rest of the mafia family may want to join him.

On the way out Yingluck should have the morals and decency for once in her puppet life and with conviction cede governance and call for meaningful reform.

and then be voted back in as PM..... not a bad idea.

He will never be but if another of his lackey parties are voted back in, and are prepared to work within a reformed and strengthened law and the constitution, then I do not see a problem with that.

Edited to add that Yingluck is dead meat walking...she just not realise it yet. Her days as a PM are numbered.

Edited January 28, 2014 by Roadman

[Gweiloman]

Not unexpected at all, and apparently, the only way that they could possibly make the lady see sense.

What is now required is for her to make a public appearance announcing that the election is off, she and her caretaker government are stepping down, Suthep can therefore call off the street protests, and the business of carrying out necessary reforms can get under way.

She must also make it very clear to the Red Shirt extremists that their cause is over, and they should return to their homes; furthermore, anyone caught involved in any acts of shootings or bombing in response to the resignation of the government should be made to face the full extent of the law.

And if the caretaker govt steps down, who will govern? And do you think that there won't be further protests?

If the REDs were to take to the streets, I would then believe in claims of millions marching.

[Scamper]

As this election is losing not only populous support, but administrative as well, it is perhaps a good idea to look at the reality of this election. If the advance vote was the election itself, parliament would be 78 % filled, as opposed to the 95 % they are mandated to fill. The vacuum that the EC is trying to communicate to Yingluck is not a theory, but a present reality. With 8 provinces and 28 constituencies not participating, this parliament will not have a quorum under any circumstances whatsoever. And no court in the land will grant a perpetual caretaker administration legislative power.

[Spalpeen]

If the election doesn't happen on Sunday there will be at least 15 million very, very, unhappy voters on Monday morning. The coup mongers don't realise what they're walking into.

[Roadman]

So sick of all this meaningless nonsense. Can we just skip to the coup already?

Sorry to disappoint but there is no Army coup coming. Never has been if people actually bothered to listen to the Army.

Some will say that once the courts have busted the Shinawatra's and the Pheu Thai's lawless, lazy, incompetent and morally corrupt <deleted> again for their misdeeds that it will be a judicial coup. But hey thats what courts do when you think you are above the law and the constitution.

Edited January 28, 2014 by Roadman

[icommunity]

There should be investigation into this resignations. It is not an isolated resignation but en masse.

[bkkjames]

^{earlier today I joked about finding a sale on fire extinguishers trying to lighten the mood, however...my spidy senses are tingling again - i feel we could be in for a rough night tonight. things are coming to a head...}

[jcisco]

Did those of you who posted negative comments towards the resigned officials not see that it is a reasonable action

in the face of not being able to discharge your duties.

Maybe this will finally give enough time to the commission and to the candidates to get some work done.

[winstonc]

All election directors of Bangkok’s 50 districts have resigned en masse, Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, a member of the Election Commission revealed today.

I wonder how much bribe Khun Somchai is taking home from this move, Election Commission sold to highest bidder

oooooow you have some inside knowledge of this ..or just the usual boring dribble...

[pipkins]

If the election doesn't happen on Sunday there will be at least 15 million very, very, unhappy voters on Monday morning. The coup mongers don't realise what they're walking into.

If the Election is off. Expect civil war. Nobody has stood up to Suthep yet as he is unable to have his coup.

Give him it and watch what he does with the power and what the people who rise up against him will do to him and his sorry mob.

the army cannot protect the mob if the reds come out.

All this judicial coup rubbish is just helping the Gov. with their legitimacy claims.

Another sad disgraceful day for the Courts and reminder they should all be behind bars for life for this. As it is Thailand, they still think they can buy their way out later. But if the reds destroy their financial base (which they are quite capable of doing) they'll be going down

Meanwhile the real Human Rights Watch has done what the Elite puppet HRW thailand didn't do.

http://www.hrw.org/node/122618

Edited January 28, 2014 by pipkins

[skills32]

I can't believe that they have only just realised that a quorum would not be elected and the elections would be useless.