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Election Commission slams “Ratchanee” along with her husband and son for influencing them to vote.

Office of the Election Commission, The Election Commission filed an appeal with the appeals court to reject the black card and red card of "Ratchanee Phon Sue" who distributed money to the sub-district headmen's club to induce them to vote in the 2022 Provincial Administrative Organization by-election and is ready to pursue criminal charges. Husband and son in tow The website of the Office of the Election Commission (EC) publishes the decision at The Election Commission has resolved to submit a petition to the Court of Appeal or the Regional Court of Appeal to revoke the right to apply for election (black card) or revoke the right to vote (red card) of Mrs. Ratchanee Phonsuea, Roi Et District 3 MP, Palang Pracharat Party. From the incident when he applied for election as president of the Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO) Roi Et in 2020, he committed an offense according to The Election of Local Council Members or Local Administrators Act 2019, Section 108, paragraph two, is ready to pursue crimin al charges against Mrs. Ratchanee, Mr. Ekak Phonchue, a former MP who is her husband, and Mr. Ekarat Phonchue, her son who currently holds the position of government official. Politics of the Secretariat of the Prime Minister according to the Local Council Members or Local Administrators Act 2019, Section 65 (2), including Section 126. For the reason that the Election Commission passed the said resolution Due to the investigation, it was heard that on August 5, 2022, the Court of Appeal, Region 4, ruled that an election of the Prime Minister would be held. New Roi Et Provincial Administrative Organization in place of Mr. Ekakon Phonsu, who was revoked by the court from his right to apply for election for a period of 10 years from the date of the judgment. Later on 10 August 2022, which was the village headman's day. Between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., a total of 17 witnesses gave statements confirming that Mrs. Ratchanee, Mr. Ekkanak, and Mr. Ekarat attended the said activities held in 7 districts of Roi Et Pr ovince, namely Chiang Khwan District, Thawatchaburi District, Thung Khao Luang District, Pho Chai, Phon Thong District, Nong Phok District and Meiwadi District. The three people gave money to support activities to the Village Headman Club, 10,000 baht per district, even though the club Did not ask for donations from political parties And while attending the event, Mrs. Ratchanee said through a loudspeaker that she would run for president of the Roi Et Provincial Administrative Organization to replace Mr. Eakha. Husband whose political rights have been deprived I would also like to introduce myself in the upcoming election to be the Roi Et Provincial Administrative Organization president. As for Mr. Ekkachai He talked about having his rights revoked and asked for support for Mrs. Ratchanee to become the Provincial Administrative Organization president. On August 22, 2022, Mrs. Ratchanee ran for election and on September 25, 2022, she was elected as Roi Et Provincial Administrative Organization president, in a ccordance with the Local Council Members or Local Executives Election Act 2019. Section 64 (4), which is a provision regarding election campaigning, stipulates that in the case of ordering a new election Candidates can campaign for elections from the day the order for new elections is issued until 6:00 p.m. on the day before the election day. The aforementioned provisions are therefore effective from 5 August 2022, which is the day the Court of Appeals Region 4 issued a judgment ordering the election of a new Roi Et Provincial Administrative Organization president to replace Mr. Amuk. From the above facts, there is reasonable evidence to believe that Mrs. Ratchanee Mr. Ekkarat and Mr. Ekarat gave money to the Village Headman Club that organized the event. To motivate voters to vote for Mrs. Ratchanee Therefore, it is a violation of the Local Council Members or Local Administrators Election Act 2019, Section 65(2), causing the election results for the Roi Et Provincial Administrative Organization president in relation to Mrs. Ratchanee to not be honest. Justice according to Local Council or Local Executive Election Act 2019, Section 108, paragraph two Reporters reported that This case will be filed by the Election Commission with the Court of Appeal. It is expected that there will be no request for the Court of Appeal to order Mrs. Ratchanee to stop performing her duties under Section 108, paragraph 4, like in the case of filing complaints against other local administrators. Because at present Mrs. Ratchanee has resigned from the position of President of Roi Et Provincial Administrative Organization. And the power to order MPs to stop performing their duties in cases of election corruption is the power of the Supreme Court. Source: Thai News Agency