Thai Court Orders New Elections
Excerpt from
CNA article:
Specifically, the court found that the date of the election was unfair, and that the arrangement of polling stations had compromised the secrecy of the ballot, Paiboon said.
"The court found the April 2 election date was inappropriate and unfair, which contravenes the Election Commission's duty to organize free and fair elections," Paiboon said.
"The arrangement of the polling stations also violated the requirement for voting to be done in secret," he added.
The complaint to the court -- filed by a law lecturer and a Thai election watchdog -- had argued that the election date was set only 37 days after parliament was dissolved, and had not given opposition parties enough time to organize campaigns.
37 days?! What's wrong with these Thai opposition parties. Clearly not 1st World standard. They had 37 days and they're not satisfied. What do they mean, 'unconstitutional'? Are they calling Singapore unconstitutional? After all, Parliament was dissolved on April 20, and Nomination Day was on April 27. That leaves seven days to organize, and nine days for hustings -- 16 whole days. That's less than half the time the Thais got, and they're calling it unconstitutional indeed. Singapore is such an efficient country where opposition parties can campaign the most in the fewest days. Thailand should take a leaf from our book.
