Position of ‘election inspector’ in draft election bill may be illegal, says commissioner

By The Nation

 

File photo: Somchai Srisutthiyakorn

 

BANGKOK: -- Somchai Srisutthiyakorn on Monday said that he planned to ask the Election Commission (EC) to consider whether an election inspector, as stipulated in the EC bill draft, would violate the current constitution.

Somchai, who is a member of the EC, said that since the inspector will be appointed, it would not allow proper public participation in scrutinizing election affairs. This would prevent the EC achieving its mandate to bring about free and fair elections as stipulated in the charter’s Article 224, he said.

 

Article 78 in the charter allows public scrutiny over the exercise of power, political decisions and other decisions that could affect the community.

 

The EC will meet Tuesday to consider points in the draft bill for their submission to the Constitutional Court for a ruling on whether they violate the constitution.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30320954

 

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They really need to get rid of this chump. And the whole election commission as well, Think o0f all that air being wasted as these idiots pontificate.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

free and fair elections as stipulated

In a country where freedom of the press and free speech is suppressed?

Just another gimmick There will be need for election inspector because there will be no elections  

Just now, Happyman58 said:

Just another gimmick There will be need for election inspector because there will be no elections  

 

Just now, Happyman58 said:

Just another gimmick There will be need for election inspector because there will be no elections  

No need for election inspector Bad typo

Someone comes along with their armed buddies (again!) and trashes a democratically-elected government. Then they re-design all sorts of wonderful new gimmick structures of "authority" for their buddies.

Once appropriate new financial flow systems are in place they decide they want to re-create their  fractured vision of a  long-lost democracy they claim to yearn for - dressed up with all sots of strictures to ensure the money networks remain how they should be.

I never dreamed democracy could exist in the same room with strict  repression of freedom of thought. Do as I say, not as I do is hardly dynamic democracy.

But the tail-waggers still jump into public discussion, hoping the pretense will satisfy the gullible.

Thai constitutions aren't worth the paper they're written on so who actually cares.