Bangkok, March 12 – “Attawit” protested that the Bangkok Election Commission divided constituencies 1 and 2 in violation of the Election Act of MPs and could not combine subdistricts into constituencies. found in almost every constituency There is an explosion of separate provinces to combine with new districts.
Dr. Attawit Suwanpakdee, deputy leader of the Chart Pattana Kla Party Discuss the division of constituencies. 4 types of MPs in Bangkok that will expire tomorrow for public hearings Before going to the Election Commission’s consideration within this week By dividing the boundaries proposed by the Election Commission of Bangkok into 4 forms, it was found that forms 1 and 2 were illegal, violating section 27 of the Organic Act on the Election of MPs because the law set criteria “to combine the districts being a constituency” and “having been in the same constituency” were the main issues in zoning. But the division of zoning patterns 1 and 2 instead uses the method of combining various sub-districts (sub-districts) to form a new constituency. By all 33 Bangkok constituencies to become 27 new constituencies. Format 2 includes various districts. to become 30 new electoral districts and model 1 has only 4 former electoral districts; model 2 has only 2 former electoral districts
Dr. Attawit also gave an example of Chatuchak district. The 3rd and 4th forms of constituency division designate the entire Chatuchak district as constituencies. which complies with the principle of merging the district into constituencies And the principle used to be a constituency before, like the 2011 and 2014 elections, the average number of people had a difference of less than 10%, but the 1st and 2nd forms were split into Chatuchak districts, Lak Si districts, and Bang Khen districts, separating only Chandrakasem and Senanikom Subdistrict of Chatuchak District to merge with Tha Raeng Sub-district of Bang Khen District and Bang Khen Market Subdistrict of Lak Si District come together as a new area confusion And this is the case in almost every constituency.
“The 1st and 2nd forms of zoning are clearly illegal. It also confuses citizens who are familiar with the original constituency. He did not elect representatives of his former constituency, had previously worked in the area. while formats 3 and 4 are the most legally compliant. Because there are only 8 electoral districts that are separated, especially the 3rd format, there are 17 formerly familiar electoral districts, ”said Dr. Attavich.
Dr. Atthawit said that the combination of districts from different districts Become a new constituency It’s a magic principle. In addition to not complying with the law Still found the shape of the district that tries to bend to join some districts that are not compatible. bizarre shape Which the academic principle called the Salamander-like zoning is a zoning for advantage-disadvantage, already divided to determine the election results, called Gerrymandering Model 1 and 2 understand that the ECT of BMA is trying to adhere to the ECT’s regulations that stipulate that the difference between the number of citizens and MPs should not exceed 10 percent, but this principle is only a regulation. having a lower status The law on the election of MPs requires the principle of combining districts into constituencies. And having been in the same constituency before, therefore asking the Election Commission to consider knocking the district based on organic law in order not to cause problems in the election within the main If you decide to choose a format that is considered illegal will affect the election.
Source: Thai News Agency