A regular New Mandala reader from Chiang Mai has sent through a series of images from the local election campaign.
Number 1 : The strong man of local administration
Number 2: …free of pollutants
Number 5: Has a sense of humour?
Thanks for these images from Chiang Mai.
It would be terrific to see more electoral scenes – of all types – from around the region. Any readers with snapshots from elsewhere in Southeast Asia who would like to see them published on New Mandala can feel free to get in contact with me.
1 response so far ↓
1 anonymous // Jun 17, 2007 at 2:53 am
I’m surprised No. 2 (Duantemduang Na Chiangmai) is running for a local seat. She ran in the 2005 parliamentary election and lost to TRT.
Given the junta banned her former competition from politics for 5 years, she has a good chance of winning the next parliamentary election. Don’t forget that she was a former high-level military officer as well (ผู้ช่วยโฆษกกองทัพบก).
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