Democrat Party politician Thepthai s jail term upheld
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published : 12 May 2021 at 06:00 Thepthai: Intends to appeal
The Appeal Court on Tuesday upheld a two-year prison sentence against Democrat Party politician Thepthai Senpong and his younger brother, Manote Senpong, over fraud in a 2014 local election.
The lawsuit was filed by Pichai Boonyakiat, a former Nakhon Si Thammarat PAO chairman, who accused the brothers of vote-buying after they threw a party for voters ahead of the election for the Nakhon Si Thammarat provincial administration organisation (PAO) chief.
Provincial election officials filed a complaint with police in Muang district against the brothers seven years ago, but due to a lack of progress in that case, Mr Pichai decided to file a separate lawsuit.
Politician s jail term upheld
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published : 11 May 2021 at 18:02 Thepthai Senpong
The Appeal Court on Tuesday upheld a two-year prison sentence against Democrat Party politician Thepthai Senpong and his younger brother, Manote Senpong, over fraud in a 2014 local election.
The lawsuit was filed by Pichai Boonyakiat, a former Nakhon Si Thammarat PAO chairman, who accused the brothers of vote-buying after they threw a party for voters ahead of the election for the Nakhon Si Thammarat provincial administration organisation (PAO) chief.
Provincial election officials filed a complaint with police in Muang district against the brothers seven years ago, but due to a lack of progress in that case, Mr Pichai decided to file a separate lawsuit.
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However, some have lately been seen in a suit and tie with a crop of saviours stepping out of their boardrooms to rally behind vaccine procurement and national vaccination efforts.
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Anti-government sentiment has advanced to such a point where a term has been coined to amplify the opponents disdain of the administration: Prayutocracy .
The suffix cracy was popularised by critics of the Thaksin Shinawatra government, who invented the term Thaksinocracy which, as one analyst put it, sums up governmental excesses. These included cronyism, conflicts of interest, irregularities and large-scale solidifying of political power.
The term was adopted by protesters to intensify their attack against Thaksin towards the end of his administration which was overthrown in September 2006 by a military coup headed by army chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who later became president of the Administrative Reform Council.