Newin cast ballot in a local election Sunday
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Newin Chidchob, a former Thai Rak Thai Party executive, yesterday cast a ballot in a local election for the first time since his fiveyear political ban was lifted.
Newin went to an election booth in Buriram’s Muang district with his wife Karuna to cast ballots for chairman and members of the municipal council of Tambon Isan.
The Constitution Court dissolved the Thai Rak Thai Party and banned its 111 executive members including Newin from politics for five years. The local election marked the first time that Newin has exercised his right since the ban.
Newin said that with the lifting of the ban and the casting of the ballot, he had returned to be a complete Thai citizen again with the right to express opinions and vote in elections. He insisted that he would not run in any election again. He is now core leader of the Bhumjai Thai Party and owner of the Buriram Football Club.
