the Choice in Thailand criticism of the asian observers, the Asian network for free elections (ANFREL).
– Kampanjmiljön was designed to greatly benefit the military junta and the candidate it supports, ” said a representative of the ANFREL at a press conference, according to Reuters.
Among other things, criticized the fact that members of the electoral commission is a supporter of the military and has been designated by the.
free and fair, according to the valobservatören the Open forum for democracy foundation. It points out, inter alia, on the problems with utlandsröster, that the election commission lacked experience and that there was a lack of voluntary observers at the polling stations to review the voting.
After the election, several thais criticized the choice of social media. There is information on cheating at rösträknandet and suspicions that votes have dropped off or purchased. Moreover, the delay of the presentation of a complete results led to suspicion against the whole electoral process.
Even the former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, living in exile, is critical and accuses the military of having manipulated the elections in order to retain power in an op ed piece in the New York Times.
the choice in Thailand is still confusion about the results of the election. Both the military and its adversaries claim that they won, and the official numbers is expected only if several weeks.
The figures reported so far provide the military’s party Palang Pracharat the most votes but the opposition party Pheu Thai has more seats in parliament. But still remains the presentation of 150 of the lower house’s 500 seats. At the same time have the military made arrangements incentive for continued maktinnehav through a new constitution that gives them the right to appoint all of the 250 seats in the house of lords.
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