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Non-Thais skew EC map: Wissanu

Rethink urged over non-voters’ inclusion

An official calls out votes cast at a polling station in Laksi district, Bangkok. (File photo: Apichit Jinakul)

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam on Monday suggested that the Election Commission (EC) ask the Constitutional Court for a ruling after its calculation of the number of people represented per MP was found to include non-Thai nationals.

According to Mr Wissanu, the EC claimed non-Thai nationals are included because the charter stipulates population data must come from the Interior Ministry, which covers both Thais and foreign nationals.

“As a matter of fact, Thais and non-Thais can be separated, so I suggest that the EC should have the matter…

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