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 | New Executive Director of ANFREL 2012
September 4th, 2012
ANFREL transferred the Executive Director Position (ED) from Somsri Hananuntasuk to Ichal Supriadi on 30 August 2012 through a simple ceremony held at ANFREL’s office that was led by Sakool Zuesongdham acting on behalf of the Chair and Board members. Ichal would like to offer his thanks to the Board [...]
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 | Civil Society Organisations Propose Revamp of Thai Electoral System
December 18th, 2011
The Open Forum for Democracy Foundation (PollWatch), The People Network for Elections in Thailand (P-Net), and the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) today called for a restructuring of the electoral system in Thailand in an endeavour to more fully realize the democratic rights of Thai voters. After a 3-day seminar of about 40 people [...]
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 | 2011: Code of Conduct for Political Parties (Thai)
November 1st, 2011
View Full Report (PDF) ประการ หนึ่งในวัตถุประสงคเหลานั้น คือ “เพื่อขยายขอบเขตความเขาใจ และสงเสริมเผยแพร ตลอดจนการนําบรรทัดฐาน กฏระเบียบ และแนวทางที่ ประยุกตอยางสอดคลองกับแนวคิดพหุนิยมแบบหลายพรรคและกระบวนการ ประชาธิปไตย ไปสูการปฏิบัติ” เพื่ อ ให เ ป น ไปตามวั ต ถุ ป ระสงค ดั ง กล า ว ในป พ.ศ. 2540 International IDEA ไดจัดพิมพหนังสือ 2 เลม ดังนี้ : – จรรยาบรรณสําหรับการสังเกตการณการเลือกตั้งอยางมืออาชีพและมี จริยธรรม และ – จรรยาบรรณสํ า หรั บ การบริ ห ารการเลื อ กตั้ [...]
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ANFREL Preliminary Report July 5th – Thailand
July 5th, 2011
Constitutional Amendments & Electoral System The constitutional amendments and subsequent changes to the Electoral Law of early 2011 made significant changes to the electoral system. The number of elected members of parliament was increased from 480 to 500, divided between 375 elected from single member constituencies (first-past-the-post) and 125 elected from a proportional party list. [...]
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Bangkok Post: ANFREL Reps Monitor Poll Fight Upcountry
June 30th, 2011
Sixty representatives of the Asian Network for Free Elections from 24 nations have begun travelling to the provinces to monitor Sunday’s election. They will assess political developments and keep an eye on electioneering, especially in fiercely contested areas, said Anfrel chairman Damaso Magbual yesterday.
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Bangkok Post: ANFREL – Advance voting went well
June 28th, 2011
While commending Sunday’s advance voting as relatively well managed, the Asian Network for Free Election (Anfrel) has urged the Election Commission (EC) to place more emphasis on the quality of polling booth officials and called for transparent storage and counting of ballots and transporting of votes cast outside home provinces. The Anfrel report said advance [...]
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Advanced Voting Observation in Thailand
June 26th, 2011
With the organization of the advanced vote on Sunday 26th June, the ongoing electoral process in Thailand has entered a new phase: nearly 3 million voters, both residents and non-resident voters registered to cast their vote one week prior to the General Elections on 3rd July 2011. Voters across the country were able to cast [...]
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Turkish Weekly: Asian Election Monitors Decry Violence in Thai Campaign
June 21st, 2011
An international organization is appealing for party leaders in Thailand to ask their supporters to end violence and stop obstructing the campaign processes of their opponents. The Asian Network for Free Elections, supported by private-sector groups in 11 countries, said Tuesday it has recorded several cases of threats and intimidation during the campaign for Thailand’s [...]
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ANFREL Calls for Peaceful Free & Fair Elections in Thailand
June 21st, 2011
The run up to the July 3 election, marred by reports of violence from different parts of the country, has become a cause of concern for everyone. There have been several reports of violence from Samut Prakan under Phra Pradaeng district as well as from other provinces. The stabbing death of a Pheu Thai party [...]
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Bangkok Post: Monitor Team to Keep Eye on Electioneering, Starting Today
June 7th, 2011
The Asian Network for Free Elections will begin its monitoring of Thailand’s general election Tuesday, with vote-buying and political violence among its top concerns. The poll watcher urged Thai citizens to report any unusual circumstances in their localities, while the media, the Election Commission of Thailand and political parties contesting the poll were encouraged to [...]
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The Straits Times: Poll Watchdog Raises Thai Vote-Buying Fears
June 7th, 2011
VOTE-BUYING is a concern in Thailand’s upcoming national election, an international monitoring group that will be observing the polls said on Monday. The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) is deploying about 60 observers nationwide for the July 3 vote, the first since Thailand’s deadliest political unrest in decades last year.
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The Nation: ANFREL to Monitor Thai Election
June 6th, 2011
The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) announced Monday it would dispatch 60 volunteers from 24 countries to 77 provinces monitor the situation ahead of the July 3 election. ANFREL director Somsri Harnananthasuk told a press conference that the first group of ANFREL observers would go out to provinces on Tuesday. Later on, the 60 [...]
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Thai Political Timeline
May 26th, 2011
6 Jan 2001 Thaksin Shinawatra and his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party win general elections on a populist platform of economic growth and development. He wins control of 296 of 500 seats in the House of Representatives. Jan 2004 Muslim radicals launch an insurgency in the southern provinces. Thaksin responds with a strong military response [...]
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Bangkok Post: Candidates Register, Prep for Election
May 25th, 2011
Election candidates nationwide began registering for the race in the constituency system yesterday, the first day of registration. In several constituencies, former MPs still banned from politics fielded their political proteges in hopes of maintaining the ranks of their candidates. In the provinces, single-seat constituency registrations for 375 MPs were held at venues designated by [...]
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Election Code of Conduct Signed : Thailand
May 13th, 2011
Pledge by political parties not to engage in violence, and respect results Today representatives from 19 political parties signed a code of conduct for the election campaign, pledging themselves to a set of principles for a free and fair election. This code of conduct is an important sign of cooperation between political parties. It will [...]
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Bangkok Post: Pheu Thai Party Leads the Charge
May 9th, 2011
Two recent opinion polls show the opposition Pheu Thai Party as most likely to win the general election. One poll result, conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) during May 2-3 from 1,203 samples across the country, showed 23.36% of respondents would vote for the Pheu Thai Party, 20.20% for the Democrat Party, [...]
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Thailand Rejects Foreign Election Monitors
May 5th, 2011
Thailand on Thursday dismissed suggestions that foreign observers were needed to monitor its upcoming election, with the deputy prime minister saying he does “not respect” Westerners. It would be “inappropriate” to allow outside involvement in the poll, which is due in June or July and comes after deadly street protests last year, said Suthep Thaugsuban. [...]
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EC: We Haven’t Rejected By-Election Complaints
July 28th, 2010
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday rejected a claim by the opposition Pheu Thai Party that it had discarded a complaint against the Democrat Party in last Sunday’s by-election in Bangkok’s Constituency 6. Suthep Romayanond, chief of the EC’s Bangkok office, said that the five election commissioners have been informed about a complaint against Theptai Senapong, [...]
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Bangkok Post: Poll Worker Killed in Shooting
June 9th, 2010
A polling staff member was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Surat Thani’s Khiri Ratthanikhom district yesterday. Ratchawan Palangsuwarat, 50, was attacked at 5am by two men on a motorcycle while she was leaving home to work at the 4th polling unit at Khuanmaprao village in tambon Thamsingkhon of Khiri Ratthanikhom district.
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