Extension of registration demanded by Pheu Thai
Pheu Thai party on Thursday demanded that the Election Commission extend the candidacy registration period and relocate venues for registration to reduce tension.
Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit submitted the demand via the director of the EC’s secretariat office Suranee Pontawee.
The extension is needed as the registrations for Partylist and constituency MPs, which ended yesterday, could not be held in a total of 28 constituencies in eight southern provinces after protesters blocked the registration venues.
Prompong said that in order to decrease tension and prevent the blocking from recurring, registration spaces should be relocated to central venues in the province.
Action should also be taken Suthep Thaugsuban, the leader of the current protests, for leading the blocking of registration, Prompong said, adding, the EC should be punished for negligence of duty if it failed to do as demanded.
A group of red shirt protesters meanwhile gathered in front of the EC office on Chaeng Wattana Road to give moral support to Prompong and his team.
