Limbo - Thai Election Results = uncertainty

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Winers and losers BOTH will still be DISQUALIFIED.


http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/election/246778/leading-names-in-limbo

News > Election
Leading names in limbo
Yingluck, Abhisit among 142 not endorsed by EC

Published: 13/07/2011 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News

Yingluck Shinawatra, Abhisit Vejjajiva and a number of red-shirt politicians were missing from the 358 MPs endorsed by the Election Commission yesterday.

About 100 supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) turned up at the Election Commission head office to demand endorsement of UDD co-leader Jatuporn Prompan’s election as a Pheu Thai party list MP. (APICHIT JINAKUL)

They failed to receive confirmation of their election victories from the EC in its first batch of result endorsements, as investigations into complaints against them for allegedly breaching election law are pending.

Pheu Thai's Ms Yingluck, who is expected to be the next prime minister, Mr Abhisit, the outgoing premier and former Democrat Party leader, and key red shirt leaders including Jatuporn Prompan and Natthawut Saikua are among 142 poll winners whose confirmations have been suspended pending investigation.

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EC secretary-general Suthiphon Thaveechaiygarn announced those endorsed and those suspended after an eight-hour committee meeting.

In order for the new House of Representatives to convene, 95% of House seats - or 475 of 500 - must be endorsed.

However the initial endorsements totalled only 358, or 79.6%.

Of the endorsed 358 winners, 249 are from the constituency system and 109 are from the party list system, Mr Suthiphon said.

Also among those not yet endorsed are the Democrat Party's acting secretary general and deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban, the Democrats' PM's Office Minister Ong-art Klampaibul and former House speaker Chai Chidchob from the Bhumjaithai Party.

Once the investigations are complete, it will be left to the Constitution Court to decide whether to disqualify anyone found to have violated election laws.

Mr Abhisit has been accused of vote-buying by providing "Blue Flag" economic goods for sale when campaigning in Samut Prakan province.

Ms Yingluck, meanwhile, has been cleared by the EC of alleged vote-buying in connection with a highly publicised incident when she fried noodles and distributed portions to voters during a May 31 campaign stop in Nakhon Ratchasima province. However, the EC has not yet ruled on other allegations facing her, and so her poll win cannot yet be endorsed.

Mr Suthiphon said the EC expects to announce the endorsement of another 126 winners next week, taking the total past the required minimum of 475 so the House can convene.

The constitution requires the House to open within 30 days of a general election. The poll was held on July 3.

A source said the five members of the EC voted 4:1 in favour of the announcement of the endorsed winners in the party list system.

The four in favour argued that the names of the endorsed winners in the party list should be announced first.

The source said Wisut Phothithan was the only EC member who insisted that endorsement of the winners in the list system should be suspended, citing a petition by the People's Alliance for Democracy calling on the EC to dissolve the five major political parties.

The source said the five EC members voted 3:2 to suspend endorsement of Mr Abhisit and Ms Yingluck as MPs pending investigation.

The three who voted against the endorsement of Mr Abhisit and Ms Yingluck were EC chairman Apichart Sukhagganond, Mr Wisut and Prapun Naigowit, the source said.

EC member Somchai Jungprasert said the provincial election office in Nakhon Ratchasima has decided to throw out a complaint against Ms Yingluck over the cooking of noodles in Nakhon Ratchasima.

However, Ms Yingluck has further complaints outstanding, so the EC could not endorse her victory.

Sodsri Satayathum, another EC member, said the committee has set up an inquiry team to look into the allegations against Mr Abhisit and Ms Yingluck and the team will have to submit its findings to the central EC within seven days.

Suspending the winners for longer than this could adversely affect the formation of the government and the political situation.

Mr Abhisit yesterday said his cabinet has approved in principle a draft royal decree for the opening of the next House session.

The draft will be submitted to His Majesty the King once the EC has endorsed the required number of winning election candidates

Mr Abhisit believes the EC will be able to endorse the election results within the 30-day time frame.

Cabinet secretary-general Amphon Kitti-amphon yesterday said the EC must endorse the election of at least 95% of MPs by midnight on July 31, after which the royal decree will be submitted to the King.

Yesterday more than 100 supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship yesterday gathered outside the EC head office on Chaeng Watthana Road to demand the endorsement of Mr Jatuporn as a Pheu Thai MP.
FORMING PARLIAMENT

The Election Commission's steps to endorse MPs.

1. Seven working days after the election (July 12), the EC must endorse the first batch of MPs-elect who are not facing allegations of electoral fraud.

2. Thirty calendar days after the election (Aug 2), the EC must endorse at least 475 of 500 MPs, which would amount to the 95% needed so the Parliament can convene.

3. The EC gives the public a year after the announcement of the endorsement of the MPs to lodge further complaints against any suspected of electoral fraud.

 

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incidentally, yinglucky's pelvis and thighs had reached rhinocentric proportion .....

 

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incidentally, yinglucky's pelvis and thighs had reached rhinocentric proportion .....

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Dear-Khun-Thaksin-save-your-sister-30160155.html

Dear Khun Thaksin, save your sister
By Somroutai Sapsomboon
The Nation
Published on July 13, 2011

Media reports of your active political role after the general election have worried me so much that I had to write this letter to you.

I believe that I share this feeling with many other Thais, whether they voted for the Pheu Thai Party or not. I accept the election result and am excited for Thailand to welcome its first woman prime minister.

Prime minister-to-be Yingluck Shinawatra is your younger sister and she just entered politics a few weeks before the election, but I hope she can be appointed the country's prime minister on her own merit.

It is undeniable that the overwhelming victory that Yingluck and her Pheu Thai Party scored was because of you, Khun Thaksin.

But although you are credited with bringing her up to this point, I think it's time for you to allow her to show her ability to the Thai public.

You don't need to leave her alone but you should just look after her from a distance and provide her support when necessary.

This is really different from what you're doing now - speaking and doing things as if you were the prime minister-elect without caring about any possible consequence.

As a new Thai government is taking shape, it appears you are dictating what the Yingluck administration should do, including details about its policies and the composition of its Cabinet.

This does not mean I'm encouraging you to do all these things secretly behind the scenes. No. In fact, I would like you to keep your hands off my next prime minister, although I'm aware that this could be just wishful thinking.

Today Khun Yingluck is not just your kid sister, she is going to become the country's prime minister. You should respect that. If not for Thailand's sake, it should be for her own sake.

I want the international community to accept Khun Yingluck as a credible and capable prime minister. I don't want her to be viewed as just a puppet or a political clown, with someone pulling the strings behind her back.

I believe you must agree with this, too.

Some people may view what you're doing as something against the law. You're now being deprived of your election rights and it's against the law for banned politicians like you to influence any political party's affairs.

Your political enemies will likely use this argument to take legal steps to dissolve the Pheu Thai Party.

However, what's more worrying for me is that what you're doing is going to undermine the credibility of my next prime minister and your own sister.

Some colleagues try to allay my concern by saying that you're likely going to change your role after Khun Yingluck officially becomes prime minister.

I can only hope they're right.

Yet, my brain tells me you still think this is all about you and I still have to worry about your role vis-à-vis Thai politics. This is why I decided to write this open letter to you.

Please save the prime minister of Thailand and your own sister.

People tell me you love her dearly, so please sacrifice your personal interests to prove it.

With sincere regards,

Somroutai Sapsomboon

@jin_nation

 

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http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/EC-bombshell-on-Yingluck-30160164.html

EC bombshell on Yingluck
By Prapasri Osathanon
The Nation
Published on July 13, 2011

Abhisit, Jatuporn among 16 candidates yet to be endorsed as MPs


The Election Commission rattled would-be prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party last night after it delayed endorsement of her election win and those of 11 other party candidates.

The commission said the endorsement of Yingluck was delayed pending an inquiry into "several" legal matters regarding her party's election campaign. Yingluck was portrayed by Pheu Thai as its prime ministerial candidate with a controversial slogan "Thaksin thinks, Pheu Thai acts". She was also accused of violating vote-buying rules by cooking and distributing noodle dishes to constituents. Subsequently, the accusation was dropped by the EC.

The EC also held back endorsement of former Democrat leader and outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva over complaints of vote-buying.

However, the EC has never "suspended" top party-list candidates in the past.

After a meeting lasting 10 hours, the EC yesterday endorsed the victories of 358 MPs, including 249 constituency and 109 party-list MPs.

Among the other 14 party-list candidates not yet endorsed by the EC are red-shirt leaders Jatuporn Promphan, Natthawut Saikua, weng Tojirakarn, Democrat Ong-art Klampaiboon and Bhum Jai Thai's Chai Chidchob.

The EC traditionally does not immediately endorse those who have had complaints lodged against them. The EC will meet again on July 19 to reconsider those have not yet been endorsed. EC member Sodsri Sataya-thum said a subcommittee would look into legal matters concerning the cases of Yingluck and Abhisit and report to the EC in seven days.

Endorsed members of Parliament were advised to pick up documents for their House of Represen-tatives registration from tomorrow.

The EC will have 30 days to investigate the cases of the other 55 MPs-elect who were questioned, the source said. By August 1, at least 475 MPs must be endorsed so that the House can assemble and begin work.

At the Government Office Centre, site of the Election Commission headquarters, 100 red-shirt supporters gathered for the EC's announcement of the vote results, expecting to hear the endorsement of red-shirt leader Jatuporn at 4pm. When the time passed and the EC meeting was still in progress, and despite the presence of crowd-control police, the group sang a song and called for Jatuporn's release and his endorsement as an MP.

A middle-aged man came out claiming to be speaking for red-shirt chairman Thida Thawornseth and told them to disperse. Jatuporn's lawyer Winyat Chartmontri stayed at the meeting.

Cabinet secretary-general Ampon Kittiampon said after the Cabinet meeting that it had approved the petition asking for royal endorsement to open the House of Representatives.

As yesterday saw the last meeting of outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's Cabinet, Abhisit signed the petition. However, the date for the royal ceremony will not be designated until after 475 MPs-elect have been endorsed by the EC.

Ampon said the EC was well aware the latest day for the House opening is August 1 and it would manage the necessary process in time.

Bhum Jai Thai spokesman Supachai Jaisamut said there were complaints against five of the party's MP candidates who won the election with the highest votes.

They include Lop Buri MPs-elect Mallika Jirapanwanich and Kiat Lueangkachornwit, who were accused of mudslinging, causing opponents to lose popularity. Ratchaburi MP-elect Charworalat Chinthammamit was accused of running an election campaign during an entertainment event. Sukhothai MPs-elect Chakkrawan Chaiwirat-nukul and Manu Pook-prasert were accused of vote-buying.

Democrat spokesman Buranaj Smutharaks said the party would have an orientation meeting for new MPs at the Four Seasons hotel today. And next Tuesday, the party's caretaker executive will meet to discuss the process of selecting new party executives. The party members' general meeting, MPs and party branches would all be involved in the selection, he said.

 

[taksinloong]

Yingluck Shinawatra & SG Presidents are the same = Puppets!

Political vegetables and babies in big high seats. Like Manchurian 3 year old last emperor.

Thai politicians and generals and army and police forces will never obey nor respect any orders from this PUSSY PM.

 

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Yingluck Shinawatra & SG Presidents are the same = Puppets!

Political vegetables and babies in big high seats. Like Manchurian 3 year old last emperor.

Thai politicians and generals and army and police forces will never obey nor respect any orders from this PUSSY PM.

Agree. Her pelvis and thighs are beginning to transform from rhinocentris proportion to hippopotamustic ....