More ‘dos and don’ts’ coming from the EC
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THE Election Commission (EC) will issue more guidelines on what can and cannot be done in regard to the public referendum on the charter draft, EC chairman Supachai Somcharoen said Sunday.
He defended against criticism that the EC’s six guidelines for ‘dos’ and eight guidelines for ‘don’ts’ were not clear. If people voiced their opinion with no intention of influencing the public on how to vote either way, then it was legal, he said.
“Reasoning in an academic way with honest intention – such as why one agrees with the draft is alright. If one makes a provocative comment that the public should not accept the draft, then it is illegal,” he said.
The Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) or other government agencies cannot campaign for the public to accept the charter draft.
Supachai said the courts of justice would decide who broke the law or the EC regulations, and not the EC.
