Scores of poll winners could be disqualified in Thai vote
Anti-junta demonstrators holding banners depicting a caricature of Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha that reads 'Cheat. People still win.' and 'People want to vote,' at a rally in Bangkok, Thailand recently. Chan-o-cha is tipped to return as a civilian premier. – EPA pic, April 5, 2019.
THAILAND’S Election Commission said today that scores of candidates who were tipped to secure elected seats in last month’s contentious polls are under investigation and could be disqualified, in a move that could shift yet-to-be-released final results. The commission has come under fire for bungling ballot counts and delaying official results following the much-anticipated March 24 election, the first since a 2014 military coup.
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