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Parties buck EC poll pact

UTN, PPRP won’t sign conduct pledge

Kamphaeng Phet Road is lined with vote campaign posters. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)

The ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and the United Thai Nation Party (UTN) have turned down a pact that lays down the protocol for politicians to follow during campaigning and includes promises they are supposed to honour after the general election.

Representatives of 30 parties yesterday signed the pact at Centra by Centara Hotel Government Complex Hotel and Convention Centre on Chaeng Watthana Road in Bangkok.

However, representatives of the PPRP and UTN did not show up. The event was organised by the Election Commission (EC), in collaboration with the Associate for…

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