Ruangkrai Leekijwattana alleges Sukhumbhand Paribatra misled Bangkok voters

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Ruangkrai: Governor misled voters

Published: 5 Mar 2013 at 16.20
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Former senator Ruangkrai Leekijwattana on Tuesday submitted a letter requesting the Election Commission to investigate if MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Abhisit Vejjajija and Apirak Kosayidhin had violated the Local Election Act during campaigning for the Bangkok governor election.

He said Article 57 of the Local Election Act prohibits candidates from making a promise they cannot keep to attract votes.

MR Sukhumbhand, the successful Democrat Party candidate in the March 3 Bangkok governor election, Mr Abhisit, the party leader, and Mr Apirak, the deputy party leader, announced a policy during the campaign to appoint 31 specialists in various fields to help the governor, he said.

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meme
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Discussion 19 : 06 Mar 2013 at 17.1319
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More acts of desperation from the fugitive and his puppets. It must be hard to swallow a landslide defeat ...
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Discussion 18 : 06 Mar 2013 at 14.4818
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Yes! Good idea, no double standards of course, investigate all three dozen candidates, disqualify most of them, let some obscure person who didn't promise a thing take control of the BMA. I wish these guys would stop making such fools of themselves, surely you don't need the money that badly?
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Discussion 17 : 06 Mar 2013 at 02.1317
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Show me any person running for an office in the world that doesn't make promises that he can't/doesn't fulfill.
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Discussion 16 : 05 Mar 2013 at 23.5716
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Some of you guys are funny. Have you forgotten that Ruangkrai lodged the initial complaint against Samak and had him removed as PM and also helped to bring down the PPP government.

Bob - We need to remind you that the national government does not come under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Act or the Local Bangkok Election Act. If PTP have breached a law tell us what it is, don't just make stuff up.
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Discussion 15 : 05 Mar 2013 at 23.5415
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A bunch of lousy losers, soured grapes, go back to the den and lick your wound or you want to help hunting for the decency of Bankok and its people's welfare then stop makeing an excuse.
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Discussion 14 : 05 Mar 2013 at 20.2914
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Is this the Pheu Thai Boss's strategy now, to use senators to use a magnifying glass to find reasons why Sukhumband should be disqualified? Is he grasping at straws instead of facing the reality he has created, I wonder?
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Discussion 13 : 05 Mar 2013 at 20.0613
It's good that he is not today senator. Is this the best reason he found!
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Discussion 12 : 05 Mar 2013 at 19.2512
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Since former senator Ruangkrai Leekijwattana insists on sticking to the exact letter of the law, then according to the article (which could be wrongly translated), no law has been breached.

The governor promised to appoint 31 "specialists".

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Act limits the number of "advisors" to 9.

I assume the BMAA says nothing about the allowed number of specialists?
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Discussion 11 : 05 Mar 2013 at 19.0211
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Can someone please explain former senator Ruangkrai Leekijwattana what former implicates? He is often seeking the limelight while he should do something constructive. Get a live Ruangkrai..
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Discussion 10 : 05 Mar 2013 at 18.5610
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Disc. #9 -- "Whybother" making election promises if they can't be fulfilled. It would "takeaway' considerably from any campaign if they cannot engage in discussing policy planks, that they have hopefully constructed to meet "SD" and public demands.
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