PUBLISHED: 21 Mar 2025 at 05: 00
Weeradet Phupisit, the only candidate to win the most recent round of elections for provincial administrative organization ( PAO ) presidents, is accused of defaming his rivals while campaigning in Lamphun.
According to Itthiporn Boonpracong, chairman of the Election Commission (EC ), provincial election authorities are looking into whether there is enough evidence to launch a formal preliminary investigation at the provincial level.
The municipal election regulation has at most 90 days to complete the research before making a decision on whether further investigation is necessary, he said.
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According to him, the main EC will then have at most 60 days to review the results of the preliminary investigation and then ask its subcommittee to make recommendations regarding the course of action based on the same collection of studies.
According to Mr. Itthiporn, the committee may have up to 90 days to complete the task.
The EC has already approved the outcomes of the February 1 PAO elections, with the exception of those that relate to the PAO users in Chachoengsao and Trat, where the successful candidates were suspended due to registration violations.
On April 12, he said, a re-run may be held to determine who will win in these two counties.
Trang, Suphan Buri, and Chumphon will also need a rerun of the Feb. 1 surveys because these counties only had one candidate each running for president who won, according to Mr. Itthiporn, who scored less than 10 % of the total voter turnout and less than the no-vote percent.