Army students will be at polling booths to ‘help voters’
Army chief General Teerachai Nakwanich yesterday defended the Army’s plan to deploy 70,000 reserve officer corps students at polling stations nationwide during the public referendum.
Teerachai, who also serves as National Council for Peace and Order secretary-general, said the student’s public-minds project is a campaign to raise awareness among voters about their right to cast ballots at the referendum.
He said the students would not enter into the polling booths. “They will just be there to help voters, such as helping the elderly find their name in the list. This has been done in many elections previously,” he said.
He added that the campaign included educating soldiers and their families about the content in the draft charter and their voting rights.
