webfact Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Petition aims to impeach Election Commissioners PHOTO: Election Commission chief Ittiporn Boonpracong – The Nation More than 670,000 people have signed a petition at the change.org website calling for the Election Commission’s five commissioners to be ‘stood aside’ pending an investigation in the aftermath of the March 24 Thai election. Petitioners contend that the election was marred by mistakes, blunders and tampering. The campaign could actually become a legitimate threat to the five commissioners due to the large number of signatories. Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/elections/petition-aims-to-impeach-election-commissioners -- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-03-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Fair enough call to my mind. They allowed a genuine contender party to be dissolved under highly dubious circumstances, ruled that Prayut, the PM, wasn't a public servant so he could stand for PM again, and then allowed all manner of cheating to go on. I know they were told from above to do it, but it proves beyond doubt that they have zero integrity, and should not only be summarily dismissed, but probably face criminal proceedings also. This being Thailand I expect none of that to happen of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 12 minutes ago, webfact said: that the election was marred by mistakes, blunders and tampering. Blimey who'd have thought that .. And weren't the E C in the run up saying stuff like this wouldn't happen .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 I doubt you'll get many pro junta fanboys commenting on this topic. They actually believe everything was above board ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 One can only dream of a long, humiliating trial, but that is just wishful thinking. Sadly, there are so many of those without even slightest understanding between what is right and wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaak327 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 To be honest, I disagree, don't go after the EC commisioners, they just did what they were told to do. Go after the guys controlling the commisioners. But I guess the amnesty is still valid, so no chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 2 hours ago, webfact said: Petition aims to impeach Election Commissioners Section 44 will take care of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 2 hours ago, MaxLee said: Section 44 will take care of this By "take care of this" I assume that you mean that impeachment would be stopped by Article 44. But as the EC's were selected by the current Prayut-appointed NLA, I doubt the current Prayut-appointed NLA will vote impeachment of any EC member. FUrthermore, if impeachment of the EC members were delayed until the new government was installed, EC impeachment is still unlikely to happen given the potential post-election slim margin of pro-PTP MP's over pro-military MP's in the House after the election - a three-fourth vote of the NLA is required for impeachment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 5 hours ago, webfact said: More than 670,000 people have signed a petition at the change.org website calling for the Election Commission’s five commissioners to be ‘stood aside’ pending an investigation in the aftermath of the March 24 Thai election. Good, they had the choice to do what they did throughout the lead-up to the election day. Or they could have stepped down from the responsibility. Many decisions they made were dubious to say the least. The main one being how does an acting servant of the army be allowed to stand as PM? Plus many other issues, such as advance votes not being collected/counted in time a rather high figure of spoilt papers, higher numbers of votes in some areas than voter turn-out and the ever present not so secret vote buying !!!! The whole election is/was a scam from the very beginning! The election dates have been put-off and delayed so many times to allow certain measures to be put in place to guarantee the outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenm Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 And no international election scrutineers to oversee the election process was all legal and above board.. It was previously reported that the EC said it was unnecessary as all the processes were neutral of government influence.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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