CDC fantasizing on election inspectors

 

 

BANGKOK: -- An election commissioner criticized the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) of fantasizing about its “innovation” to form a group of between 500-600 election inspectors to replace the existing provincial election officials to perform their duty for just 50 days before the election day.

 

According to the CDC’s format, each province will have 5-6 election inspectors with two of them being local people and the rest outsiders who will draw lots to determine which provinces they will be assigned to work.

 

Mr Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, election commissioner for administrative affairs, said Tuesday he suspected the CDC’s idea was intended to prevent local politicians from exercising influence over the election inspectors, noting that, in the past elections, election officials were government officials and they might be influenced by local politicians.

 

“The idea is good intended, but the thought process seems to be fantasizing,” said Mr Somchai who questioned whether all the 500-600 election inspectors would be ready to perform their duties “because they already have their permanent jobs and to order them to work in other provinces for two months may not work.”.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/cdc-fantasizing-on-election-inspectors/

 

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

in the past elections, election officials were government officials and they might be influenced by local politicians

 

Of course the EC would criticise this idea - who would want to lose a major source of income?

“The idea is good intended "....Yes, agreeded. 

election inspectors should never be provincial - very easy to see why