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By Prachatai |
<p>On Wednesday (10 April), the Thai Academic Network for Civil Rights (TANC) went to the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) headquarters to hand an open letter calling for transparency in the vote counting process and for the ECT to stop prosecuting citizens.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Yesterday (5 April), the People&rsquo;s Coalition for a Fair Election made a statement on the campaign to impeach the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) at a demonstration in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. The petition now has over 7,200 signatures.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) has filed defamation charges&nbsp;against Voice TV host Sirote Klampaiboon and activist Nuttaa Mahattana, most likely for Voice TV&rsquo;s broadcasting on the election day.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>On Monday (1 April), members of the Thai community in New Zealand laid wreaths at the gates of the Thai Embassy in Wellington in protest at the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT)&rsquo;s treatment of the 1542 overseas ballots from New Zealand.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Col Burin Thongprapai, the NCPO&rsquo;s legal officer, has filed sedition charges against Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Future Forward Party (FFP). Meanwhile, FFP Secretary-General Piyabutr Saengkanokkul has also received a summons to report as a witness in the case on the FFP statement on the dissolution of the Thai Raksa Chart Party (TRC).&nbsp;</p>
By Prachatai |
By Prachatai |
<p>Yesterday (28 March), a group of students at Kasetsart University said that university officials prohibited them from campaigning to impeach the ECT on campus, and that they were also photographed by police officers.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Yesterday (27 March), the Asian Network for Free Election (ANFREL) issued an <a href="https://anfrel.org/anfrel-interim-report-on-the-conduct-of-the-2019-thai-general-election/">interim report</a> on the 2019 general election, calling for all issues in the election process to be addressed promptly. Meanwhile, the US and French embassies also issued statements calling for a transparent process of publishing the results and investigating election irregularities.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Today (27 March) at 11.00, representatives of six pro-democracy parties held a press conference at the Lancaster Hotel&nbsp;to announce that they are forming a coalition to become the next government of Thailand.</p>