Favour giving, party ban to take place from 6pm of 6 Aug until referendum ends

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Favour giving, party ban to take place from 6pm of 6 Aug until referendum ends

BANGKOK, 28 July 2016 (NNT) – Acts of favour and celebratory events will be banned from 6 p.m. of 6 August 2016 onwards until the referendum is concluded, according to the EC.

The Election Commission's Deputy Secretary-General on Investigation and Adjudication Dudsadee Pornsuksawat has revealed acts of favour which include the sales or distribution of alcohol, gifts, or hosting a feast or party, will be prohibited prior to the referendum, starting from 6 p.m. of 6 August 2016 onwards. The prohibition will be lifted once the public referendum is concluded.

On free transportation services for the general public to travel to their voting stations, the EC deputy secretary-general has said the Referendum Act prohibits this action if it is done to influence the general public's vote. However, the law does not prohibit the transporation services provided government agencies, as the state is obliged to service citizens facing difficulties in accessing voting stations. Although services from government agencies are allowed, they must be verified through a special permit from the EC.

The EC's deputy secretary-general has added the general public can freely express their opinion, but must remain within legal limits. The EC has dispatched information units to all provinces to clarify to the public which actions are in violation of the law.

The EC has also prepared a special committee to investigate all objections made regarding the constitutional referendum.

-- NNT 2016-07-28

[NongKhaiKid]

The general public can freely express their opinion PROVIDING they agree with the govt and don't oppose or criticise anything.

Seems clear enough.

[greenchair]

Lol, so yes will get a bus.

No will not a bus.

No birthday parties on sixth of august. Sorry kids.

[The stuttering parrot]

They certainly love an alcohol ban.

[dcnx]

lol whatever.

[cockatoowho]

Going from the sublime to the ridiculous, I wonder how many committees they formed to come up with these immature decisions. Oh! all that power, the brainless dicks will be having multiple orgasms.

[Redline]

Oh shit! I scheduled a huge favor giving party on that day~people flying in from all corners of the earth. I'm sure the committee will be partying though. They never post the names and pictures of the people in these hundreds of committees? Maybe there is only ONE

[Wilsonandson]

A party ban? Does that include the Nazi Party?

[baboon]

'You! Yes, you there. STOP ENJOYING YOURSELF RIGHT NOW!!!'

[Your Thainess]

"The EC has dispatched information units to all provinces to clarify to the public which actions are in violation of the law."

Conscripts with guns, perhaps?

[Plutojames88]

Governments should now be warning tourists this is going on.

Arresting people for holding a birthday party with pig on spit?

Why?

How?

Remember these are army people unelected .

It's like the bank robber holed up in the safe with the hostages forbidding the bag of peanuts being passed around , while they call cops and ask for a helicopter .( which everyone knows they ain't gonna get)

Just like the Yes vote.

Human rights observers must now be having a field day.

No parties ?

What next ....thought crime?

The people who wear red?

Paranoia is setting in.

This situation is getting sweaty for the hostage takers.

Maybe they should run overseas while they still can.

This might all go wrong very very soon