A majority of people do not believe the problem of vote-buying prevalent throughout the Thai electoral system can be solved and disagree with a proposal that vote-buying be legalised, an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll, reveals.
The poll was conducted between March 15-18 by telephone interviews with 1,329 people aged 18 and over of all levels of education and occupations throughout the country to compile their opinions about vote-buying.
Asked whether they believed vote-buying was common in both local and…