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Most say vote-buying rampant but oppose legalising it: poll

Protesters took to the streets at Ratchaparsong intersection on March 31 2019, to demand the impeachment of the Election Commission due to allegedly failure in making general elections on March 24 clean and fair. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

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…

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