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Thailand News Today | Activist wants to “cancel” new Bangkok governor

 

A political activist is trying to derail Chadchart Sittipunt’s Bangkok Governor election victory.

The 56 year old politician claimed a landslide victory in the first election for governor held in the city since 2013, winning almost 52% of the vote. But, following a complaint by Srisuwan Janya, the Election Commission has postponed the endorsement of the election result until this afternoon pending an investigation.

Srisuwan has questioned whether Chadchart had a hidden agenda when he used vinyl fabric in the making of his campaign posters so that, after the election, people can recycle the fabric into bags and aprons. It is alleged that using recyclable election signs could be proven as election fraud, because you know, using disposable plastic is the patriotic thing to do.

The EC say they had to investigate whether Chadchart’s recycling could make his election win…

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