City district chiefs told to be fair
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Bangkok's 50 district chiefs have been told to carry out their duty without any bias in relation to the gubernatorial election to be held on March 3.
City clerk Ninnart Chalitanont said this while chairing an orientation meeting with Bangkok district chiefs to prepare for the election. She said the Bangkok Election Commission would announce the qualifications of gubernatorial candidates by January 11. Candidates who are not sure can hand their documents over to the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority to check.
Each candidate is allowed only 500 people to help with the campaign. Also every candidate must hand over a list of campaign staff, who will be trained on election law.
A total of 6,548 ballot stations will be set up, of which 3,414 will be temporary ones and the remainder will be in school buildings. There are more than 4 million eligible voters in this election.
Ninnart said district chiefs need to manage all ballot stations and everything must be ready in time. She has advised all district chiefs to be fair as it is their role to support the Election Commission.
“Though many district chiefs have been promoted from assistant district chief and have experience in managing elections, they should still be careful because it is a sensitive issue,’’ she said.
