Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Cleared of Charges

[Jacob Maslow]

Yingluck Shinawatra has been cleared of any wrongdoing for her trips to the northern and northeastern provinces in 2014. The former prime minister was cleared by the Election Commission after being accused of abusing her position to campaign on behalf of the Pheu Thai party.

The former prime minister was said to make inspection trips to the north and northeastern provinces during the 2014 pre-election period. The biggest concern was that Yingluck used state resources to campaign for the party. There was no evidence found to verify this misuse of power or resources.

Yingluck and all of the other eight persons named in the petitions have seen their charges dropped.

The Election Commission further states that Yingluck, despite the parliament being dissolved, was allowed to make field inspection trips as part of her duty of being prime minister. This alleviates all charges pressed against Yingluck in the previous months except for concerns that Yingluck violated election laws prior to the February 2^nd election by appearing on television. This is the only pending petition against Yingluck that remains unresolved at the moment.

Singthong Buachum’s demand for action against the Democrat Party was also dismissed. The former Pheu Thai Party member had accused the Democrat Party of breaking the law by rallying against an amnesty bill. The commission states that the petition by Buachum was dismissed due to a lack of evidence.

There has been no word on when the Election Committee will consider the petition against Yingluck in respect to her violating election law by appearing on a television program prior to the election.

Charges against Yingluck that state she promoted the government’s rice-pledging scheme on television were also dismissed. This is good news for all Yingluck supporters as virtually all petitions against her have now been dismissed.

-- 2015-03-25

[Local Drunk]

She "was allowed to make field inspection trips as part of her duty of being prime minister." She of course took these "field inspections" to the areas where she had the most popular support because she already had their votes. So fair enough... It wasn't campaigning.

[h90]

She "was allowed to make field inspection trips as part of her duty of being prime minister." She of course took these "field inspections" to the areas where she had the most popular support because she already had their votes. So fair enough... It wasn't campaigning.

You mean where she already paid for all her votes.

[Shawn0001]

She "was allowed to make field inspection trips as part of her duty of being prime minister." She of course took these "field inspections" to the areas where she had the most popular support because she already had their votes. So fair enough... It wasn't campaigning.

You mean where she already paid for all her votes.

Explain to me exactly how they bought votes? They can give someone money from the party to attempt to convince them that they are a generous party but, how can they actually get them to vote for them? Surely that remains their decision only.

I used to live in a country where one, particularly nasty, political party would drive around the poorest villages in a bus, picking up those who probably felt they could not afford to go into town to vote. They would give them a little money, take them to the polling station and ask them to vote for them. The people all took the ride, and the money, but then in the bar that evening they would brag about how they would never vote for that party as that party were really not in their best interest. They were poor but not stupid.

This article citing a university study demonstrates that the same occurs in the Thai vote "bought" populous.

https://uglytruththailand.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/facts-destroy-the-vote-buying-myth/

[Mcffee]

Hot chick I would do her.

[tifino]

so she's free to leave now?...