webfact Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 EC threatened with lawsuits, impeachment over alleged irregularities By The Nation File photo THE ELECTION Commission (EC) came under intense pressure yesterday as political parties pushed for transparency and fair treatment amid suspicions of intervention and manipulation of Sunday’s national vote. EC members yesterday met for over three hours before deciding not to count the 1,542 ballots cast in advance voting by Thai expatriates in New Zealand. The ballots, transported by air to Thailand, failed to arrive at their intended polling stations in time for vote counting on Sunday. The anti-junta Future Forward Party threatened to take legal action against the commissioners for alleged malfeasance if they failed to call new voting in constituencies where officials manning polling stations were accused of unfair practices. Future Forward executives yesterday submitted their request for the EC to disclose all key data about Sunday’s general election. They cited the Official Information Act. Klaikong Vaidayakarn, the party’s registrar, said the request was for the EC to disclose information such as the number of eligible voters, voter turnout, number of ballot papers for polling stations, ballots considered void, and the votes each candidate obtained. “Disclosure of such information can help reduce the possibility of election fraud,” Klaikong said. He claimed there were attempts to reduce the number of votes Future Forward had got in many areas throughout the country. A Future Forward candidate in Bangkok, Adisorn Pho-arn, yesterday said certain election officials in Constituency 5 had acted unfairly in favour of candidates from the pro-junta Phalang Pracharat Party while counting votes. He demanded that the EC decide within three days whether to call new voting in the constituency. “If they fail to make things clear, I will sue the EC for dereliction of duty,” he said. The anti-junta Pheu Thai Party yesterday pressured the EC to ensure fair treatment amid alleged interventions and manipulations. “We just want fairness in this election. It has been alleged that special power was used to interfere with the election,” Pheu Thai secretary-general Phumtham Wechayachai said. He also asked the EC to announce the votes obtained by the candidates as soon as possible, to avoid accusations the EC was “fixing the numbers”. An online campaign at the Change.org website for impeachment of Thailand’s election commissioners obtained support from 757,000 netizens yesterday evening. The goal was to gather 1 million supporters. The campaign’s leaders explained on its page that it was launched after Sunday’s election showed signs of irregularities and was faced with a lot of allegations. Meanwhile, the European Union called for the election results to be announced as soon as possible. “We look forward to the announcement of the election results as soon as possible. It is also important that any reported irregularities are resolved swiftly and transparently,” the EU said in a statement. Yesterday, there were media reports of unqualified persons being listed as eligible voters in Sunday’s election. A Facebook user under the name Anusara Pholboon posted a message that her three-month-old son was listed as an eligible voter. It was also reported that a seven-year-old girl and a woman who had died 20 years ago were among separate lists of eligible voters. As of yesterday, the election agency ordered removal of content in 68 social media accounts deemed violating the electoral law. These included messages and photos attacking various political parties, election candidates and prime ministerial nominations. In a related development, police found hacker attacks on the EC’s online vote-count reporting system known as Rapid Report. The hacker attacks resulted in the system collapsing three times on Sunday, said Police Lt-General Surachet Hakparn, deputy director of the Taskforce for Information Technology Crime Suppression. Surachet said the hackers had launched their attacks from inside and outside the country. “They are the same group of people,” he said but refused to identify them. Also, he declined to specify whether the hackers were involved with any political group. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30366599 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-03-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelseafan Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Surachet said the hackers had launched their attacks from inside and outside the country. “They are the same group of people,” he said but refused to identify them. Also, he declined to specify whether the hackers were involved with any political group. In other words he doesn't know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samui Bodoh Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 "...EC threatened with lawsuits, impeachment over alleged irregularities..." Sadly, one has to ask the question... Do these threats of lawsuits and/or impeachment have any merit, or are these people 'Protected' from accountability? Unfortunately, I suspect the latter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 3 hours ago, webfact said: pushed for transparency and fair treatment amid suspicions this is thailand, get over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmicbkktxl Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 hour ago, YetAnother said: this is thailand, get over it not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 By the time any impending law suits hit the courts it will be just in time for the next rigged election???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anythingleft? Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 For the UK to have any mention in this concerning voting and voters rights seems downright absurd under the current conditions.......Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 5 hours ago, webfact said: EC members yesterday met for over three hours before deciding not to count the 1,542 ballots cast in advance voting by Thai expatriates in New Zealand. They could have counted them themselves during that time; maybe they did and didn't like the result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 5 hours ago, webfact said: the EC’s online vote-count reporting system known as Rapid Report. Not very rapid is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Wicket Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 If in doubt blame hackers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Chelseafan said: Surachet said the hackers had launched their attacks from inside and outside the country. “They are the same group of people,” he said but refused to identify them. Also, he declined to specify whether the hackers were involved with any political group. In other words he doesn't know... Hacker hacker hacker,.... password 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 5 hours ago, Chelseafan said: Surachet said the hackers had launched their attacks from inside and outside the country. “They are the same group of people,” he said but refused to identify them. Also, he declined to specify whether the hackers were involved with any political group. In other words he doesn't know... Possibly the Chinese - the last thing they want is a multi-party democracy, just military rule! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boonrawdcnx Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Possibly the Chinese - the last thing they want is a multi-party democracy, just military rule!it was The Russians - but here it comes to make it even more juicy !!!! The Russians PAID BY THAKSIN!! Sent from my iPhone using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nahkit Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Anythingleft? said: For the UK to have any mention in this concerning voting and voters rights seems downright absurd under the current conditions....... Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Where in the report does it mention the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anythingleft? Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Where in the report does it mention the UK?Not sure if this link is allowed, same story different viewhttp://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2019/03/26/eu-uk-urge-thailand-to-resolve-election-irregularities/Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nahkit Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Anythingleft? said: Not sure if this link is allowed, same story different viewhttp://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2019/03/26/eu-uk-urge-thailand-to-resolve-election-irregularities/ Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Would have made more sense if you'd have included the link to the different report along with your original comment or at least provided the quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anythingleft? Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Would have made more sense if you'd have included the link to the different report along with your original comment or at least provided the quote.Keeps people busy.....Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 more same same .... ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecoolfrog Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 7 hours ago, Anythingleft? said: For the UK to have any mention in this concerning voting and voters rights seems downright absurd under the current conditions....... Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Not as absurd as your statement. When the UK starts having regular coups and scripts a constitution to rig elections , you might have the beginning of a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anythingleft? Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Not as absurd as your statement. When the UK starts having regular coups and scripts a constitution to rig elections , you might have the beginning of a point. Not really, there seems to be a new thought that if the vote goes different to the way a small or smaller liberal minority wanted then it must have been:Fixed, rigged, payed for by another government, has to be a mistake in counting, was not fair as nobody knew what they were getting into and a dozen other excusesTrump, Brexit and now Thailand..The UK should sort it's own mess out and act according to the vote that was cast on Brexit before they interfere with others... cry me a river.... let the Thais get on with their own governance...Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chama Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 16 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said: "...EC threatened with lawsuits, impeachment over alleged irregularities..." Sadly, one has to ask the question... Do these threats of lawsuits and/or impeachment have any merit, or are these people 'Protected' from accountability? Unfortunately, I suspect the latter... This has to be posturing as we know who controls the justice system. Continuing to erode popular support for the junta may lead to a better result for those opposing the sitting leadership in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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