snoop1130 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Ballots from NZ arrived on Saturday, but officials only picked them up on morning of election: THAI chief By The Nation Photo courtesy of THAI Airways Thai Airways International (THAI) president Sumeth Damrongchaitham on Monday said the ballots from advance voting by Thais in New Zealand had arrived at the carrier’s cargo centre on Saturday evening, but no one came to pick them up until the morning of the election. According to election laws, ballot papers cast in advance voting overseas will be deemed invalid if they are not delivered to their intended polling stations for counting before the general election closes at 5pm. Sumeth said his office had informed the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok that the ballots, contained in a diplomatic pouch, would arrive at the THAI cargo centre at 8.50pm on Saturday and that the ministry could send officials to pick them up from 10pm to 10.30pm. “However, our staff members were informed that the officials could not come to claim them that night. They said they would come in the morning. They came the next day [election day] and got them at 7.30pm,” he explained. THAI, the national carrier, is the latest agency coming out to defend its part in shipping the ballots from New Zealand to Thailand. The Thai Embassy in Wellington, which had organised the New Zealand advance voting for the election in early March, issued a statement detailing its procedures in shipping the ballots, in order to show that it had held the advance voting according to the law and shipped them out of New Zealand so that they arrived in Thailand in good time. “The shipping problems are beyond our control,” the statement read. The agencies’ comments are in light of the Election Commission stating that the ballots from New Zealand arrived late, after the counting had started, which could render them void. The electoral agency will meet on Tuesday to discuss the problem. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30366525 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-03-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, snoop1130 said: The electoral agency will meet on Tuesday to discuss the problem. Translation of bureaucratic waffle: The electoral agency will meet before Tuesday to discuss beforehand who they can shift the blame onto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckThai Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Comical.... You have to admit, it's entertaining. Sad, but entertaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 10 hours ago, snoop1130 said: They came the next day [election day] and got them at 7.30pm,” he explained. Thai promptness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realfunster Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Seems sloppy all round. I think the embassy or TG has dropped the ball here. I note the former blaming the latter, who is now trying to shift blame to the FM. ???? As I understand, advance voting was on the previous weekend and counts are done in Thailand. So someone needs to pack and courier a few boxes Monday morning, why did it take until Saturday night to arrive in Thailand ? I would have thought getting them to Thailand by Wednesday or Thursday should have been fairly straightforward.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPKANKAN Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 11 hours ago, CanuckThai said: Comical.... You have to admit, it's entertaining. Sad, but entertaining And, of course, so predictable. A proper fluster cluck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 13 hours ago, snoop1130 said: “However, our staff members were informed that the officials could not come to claim them that night. They said they would come in the morning. They came the next day [election day] and got them at 7.30pm,” he explained. Can't come in the morning: breakfast Can't come at noon: lunch Come right after dinner, oops election is over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teelac5 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 I reckon this went exactly to plan, no need for the EC to get these votes in as not one of them will be for the numpties running the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 15 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Thai Airways International (THAI) president Sumeth Damrongchaitham on Monday said the ballots from advance voting by Thais in New Zealand had arrived at the carrier’s cargo centre on Saturday evening, but no one came to pick them up until the morning of the election. Well is it any more obvious..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Quote:- "contained in a diplomatic pouch" I wonder if someone at the Thai Embassy had an inkling of which party had the most votes?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 An off-topic troll post has been removed. Unbelievable how some people want to include Brexit in every topic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 21 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Sumeth said his office had informed the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok that the ballots, contained in a diplomatic pouch, would arrive at the THAI cargo centre at 8.50pm on Saturday and that the ministry could send officials to pick them up from 10pm to 10.30pm. “However, our staff members were informed that the officials could not come to claim them that night. They said they would come in the morning. They came the next day [election day] and got them at 7.30pm,” he explained. Someone needs to be sacked !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, hotchilli said: Someone needs to be sacked !!!! Extreme Thainess, nobody gives a rats a rse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowny77 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 obviously, they did not want Thai's who can live and function outside of Thailand to use their brains to have a vote as the army supported party would be out on their arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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