Democrat Warong backs primary voting system

By The Nation

 

Democrat Party key figure Warong Dechgitvigrom

 

BANGKOK: -- Democrat Party key figure Warong Dechgitvigrom has come out in support of the newly introduced primary voting system, saying it returns power to the people to decide who they want to be their representatives while also promoting true participation.

 

Warong said in a Facebook post on Tuesday that the system will not be dominated by vote buying due to the small number of members in party branches, while as members have one vote each and are equal, they will keep other members in check naturally. 

 

He said this will be far more effective than the old system, where party executives picked MP candidates - increasing the risk of parties being dominated by capitalists.

 

Those wielding power under the new system will be the people, not party executives and party branches, he said.

 

The primary voting system is a mechanism for political reform, placing politics back in the hands of the people, while reducing the power of party capitalists, he said.

 

Any problems concerning the implementation of the system should be solvable, he added.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30320439

 

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Those wielding power under the new system will be the people senators

 

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2 hours ago, webfact said:

He said this will be far more effective than the old system, where party executives picked MP candidates - increasing the risk of parties being dominated by capitalists.

That will meant his own Dem Party who favor capitalists and known as the party for large corporations. Chuan will not be happy with that comment.  

Another Thai with nothing else to do but talk There will be no elections so why even bring up the subject I make a bet now that the general will still be there in 5 years time Am i wrong you think?

9 minutes ago, Happyman58 said:

Another Thai with nothing else to do but talk There will be no elections so why even bring up the subject I make a bet now that the general will still be there in 5 years time Am i wrong you think?

Sort of because there will be an election but it will be Hobson's Choice and for 'face' only. 

16 hours ago, webfact said:

Democrat Party key figure Warong Dechgitvigrom has come out in support of the newly introduced primary voting system, saying it returns power to the people to decide who they want to be their representatives while also promoting true participation.

Not often I agree with a politician but I think a primary is the best way to go. In the parliamentary system the parties have a convention, choose a leader and the general population have a very limited choice for P.M. It is far more democratic for the people to tell the parties who they want for a leader.

18 hours ago, webfact said:

saying it returns power to the people to decide who they want to be their representatives while also promoting true participation.

"promoting true participation"

How ironic coming from a political party that eschewed the democratic process, refused to participate in parliamentary process, supported the overthrow of an elected government, supported an unelected PM, and curries favor with the resulting military coup.

Also hypocritic that he supports a law produced by a government that rejects representation of the people in their governance.