BREAKING NEWS: Protesters keep Phuket polls closed for controversial national election

[Lite Beer]

BREAKING NEWS: Protesters keep Phuket polls closed for controversial national election
Phuket Gazette -

PHUKET: Protesters successfully shutdown Phuket polling stations by 8:30am today.

“Phuket elections have been terminated for today," Phuket Election Commission Director Kittipong Thiengkunakrit told the Phuket Gazette.

The anti-government protesters in Phuket prevented the distribution of MP candidate ballots from leaving Thalang Police Station (story here).

The national party ballots for Phuket never made it to the island as demonstrators in Chumphon prevented them from leaving the southeastern province (story here).

Without ballots the Phuket Election Commission (PEC) was unable proceeded with the controversial national election that has seen violence erupting in Bangkok in which a Patong taxi driver was killed (story here).

“We knew the election wouldn’t go forward by yesterday, but couldn’t make any formal announcements due to election law. The PEC had to wait until 8am the day of the elections, in case the booths were able to open,” Mr Kittipong said.

Elections will be postponed until March, Mr Kittipong confirmed.

However, the national booze ban will stay in effect until midnight tonight as other provinces push forward with the elections.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2014/BREAKING-NEWS-Protesters-keep-Phuket-polls-closed-for-controversial-national-election-24489.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2014-02-02

[Costas2008]

Another one biting the dust........more to come......watch this space.

[phuketrichard]

was there this morning, full on party dancing and watching the voting unfold in Bangkok on Tv, Very peaceful and everyone has one thing on their mind, Thaksin go

[MaxLee]

Never mind,... in any case according to one of the Pheu Thai officials, elections can be held as many times as they please...

[BeforeTigers]

Thailand: The only nation in which you can shut down an econony with a sheet of tissue paper.

Is this the part where all those No Votes organize their own party and stand up for themselves?
That would be refreshing.

Edited February 2, 2014 by BeforeTigers

[Guest]

Yellows had their show. Next wave is reds from the north.

[Lite Beer]

Cancelled: PDRC actions prevent election from taking place in Phuket
Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: The director of Phuket Election Commitee held a press conference this morning at which he announced that the local part of the nationwide elections had been cancelled.

Director Kittikorn Thiengkunakrit cited the reason was the inability to distribute the election tickets from Thalang Police Station, where they had been stored, after the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) had blockaded it on Friday (January 31) night.

Subsequently, notices has been sent to every polling station across Phuket advising them that the election would not go ahead because there were no election tickets to be used.

He went on to say that a new election date would be scheduled soon, for people that were unable to vote in the nationwide elections, insisting that no-one would lose their right to vote. He added that political groups must inform the courts why they couldn't tale part.

Mr Kittikorn said that the Phuket Election Committee planned to sue the PDRC over the blockage of Thalang Police Station that prevented the election from taking place.

At 9am this morning, candidate 40 from Life Quality Development party, Songsiri Krailert, age 41, from Thalang (pictured in blue polo shirt), filed a complaint with police that the election had been cancelled, accusing them of neglecting to perform their duty.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/cancelled-pdrc-actions-prevent-election-from-taking-place-in-phuket-44375.php

-- Phuket News 2014-02-02

[rickirs]

Thailand: The only nation in which you can shut down an econony with a sheet of tissue paper.

Is this the part where all those No Votes organize their own party and stand up for themselves?

That would be refreshing.

America even has a "No" Party that goes by the name "Republican Party."