EC to allow MP candidate registration by mail
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THE ELECTION Commission yesterday said it planned to accept MP candidate registrations via Express Mail Service for 28 constituencies in the South.
The plan was announced after a meeting with ministers and political party representatives to find solutions to election-related problems.
Meanwhile, MP elections will be held on March 2 in Rayong, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi, Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkram, as voting could not be held in the provinces on January 26 and February 2. According to the EC’s evaluation, elections can be held in the provinces successfully.
In a separate move, the Office of the Ombudsman yesterday accepted a complaint from a Thammasat lecturer seeking to annul the February 2 election. The office said it might consider the complaint next week.
Raksagecha Chaechai, deputy secretary-general and spokesman of the Office of |the Ombudsman, said a Thammasat lecturer filed a complaint asking the office to |pass on his petition to the Constitutional Court for a possible ruling on whether |the election should be annulled.
Raksagecha said the lecturer’s complaint is different from that filed by former MP Wiratana Kalayasiri before the election.
Meanwhile, the Network of Thai People to Protect Democracy led by Pravase Wallopbanharn submitted the first lot of planned 20,000 signatures to Senate Speaker Nikom Wairatpanij seeking to impeach the EC for alleged neglect of duty in organising the February 2 election.
The petition alleges that the EC has not done enough to complete the election. The EC was guilty of dereliction of duty and failed to protect the people’s voting rights, it alleges.
