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Next year is looking increasingly certain to be an eventful one on the political front as more credible signs are pointing to an early election sometime in the middle of 2022.
Chaichan: Appointment bewilders many
The latest nomination of a former top army officer to sit on the proposed national reconciliation committee goes against what the panel is trying to achieve, which is to forge unity, say critics.
Deputy Defence Minister Gen Chaichan Changmongkol, a former defence permanent secretary, has been put forward for membership of the committee by none other than Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Gen Chaichan will be one of two government representatives on the proposed reconciliation committee. What some have found to be bewildering is the reason Gen Prayut offered to justify his backing of Gen Chaichan as a unity panellist.
Politics heats up ahead of Sunday poll
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special report: PAO candidates make last bid to woo voters
published : 18 Dec 2020 at 04:50
9 Students in Nakhon Ratchasima s Huai Thalaeng district join local officials in a two-km walk to urge voters to cast their ballots in the Provincial Administrative Organisation election on Sunday. (Photo by Praset Tangprasert)
Sunday s Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) elections will be fiercely contested with former allies pitted against one another in some key constituencies.
A feature of the PAO poll is that a province is counted as one constituency, unlike the general election where several constituencies cover one province.
The election will be held for 76 PAOs, each looking for a chairman and PAO member seats to fill. It is the first time a local election has been organised since the 2014 coup-makers suspended them to prevent political disturbances.