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Taking an oath for a clean and fair election

November 27th, 2007 by Michael H. Nelson, Guest Contributor · 9 Comments

On Thursday, November 15, 2007, the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) led representatives of political parties to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok in order to pledge that they would conduct their election campaigns honestly and fairly. In an editorial, The Nation (November 17, 2007) strongly criticized this event as an appeal by [...]

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Tags: Election Watch · Thailand