Office of the Election Commission of Thailand, April 24- Election Commission secretary specifies elections outside the Kingdom. starting tomorrow Accept the Africa-Sudan war zone may have some problems. but confident that the card will be returned in time on May 9, not afraid of fake cards There is an inspection system

Sawaeng Boonmee, Secretary-General of the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT), spoke about the readiness of the election management process with 20 days remaining until election day. The operation is still going as planned. Both the election day, May 14, or the next election day, May 7, including elections outside the Kingdom that will take place at the embassy or consulate of each country between April 25 and May 5.

Secretary-General of the Election Commission Said that the problems and lessons learned in the elections outside the Kingdom in 2019 were adapted to cope with To prevent this from happening in this election by the Election Commission of Thailand, the Post Office, the Department of Consular Affairs, the Airport Authority and Thai Airways will cooperate. All ballot papers will be counted on May 14th, which will be sent back to Thailand and delivered to all 400 constituencies by May 9th.

“Tomorrow, April 25, the country that will start the election. Depends on the embassy and consulate will determine. But there will be some problems in South Africa in Sudan. which has a state of civil war that has been notified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take care of Thai people living in Sudan Including the administration of elections outside the Kingdom only for this country, ”said Mr. Sawang.

The ECT secretary also explained the transportation process. Collecting non-royal ballot papers that will come in both diplomatic mail bags and hand delivered by embassy staff. When it arrives, it will be distributed to 400 districts where people are eligible to vote in that area. It will be kept in a safe place and will be counted together on May 14th.

Mr. Sawang clarified the reasons for disclosing the color of the green ballot ballot. And the constituency card is purple that it is a normal operation as always. but this time faster by ensuring the security system prevents card counterfeiting because it is a special paper And there is a special 3-point security check system on the card that no one knows. I believe that no one can make fake cards. and the Election Commission can inspect Therefore, there is no concern

Source: Thai News Agency