Democrat Party urges BMA Council transparency on proxy voting

MGR Online•Politics•31m ago

Reader Briefing

The Democrat Party is calling for transparency and a criminal-standard investigation into allegations that People's Party members voted on behalf of others in the BMA Council.

•Pongsakorn Kwanmuang and Napapol Jeerakul of the Democrat Party demanded transparency from BMA Council President Pattaraporn Kengrungruangchai.
•Allegations involve members of the People's Party voting on behalf of other members (proxy voting).
•The Democrat Party claims video evidence of the act exists despite the BMA Council President's claim of not seeing it.
•The incident was addressed during a press conference on November 13.

Overview

•On November 13, Pongsakorn Kwanmuang and Napapol Jeerakul of the Democrat Party held a press conference regarding proxy voting in the BMA Council.
•Pongsakorn Kwanmuang urged BMA Council President Pattaraporn Kengrungruangchai to expedite transparency policies and not lie to the public about video evidence.
•Pongsakorn Kwanmuang stated that proxy voting is a criminal offense and should be treated with the same standard as similar cases involving Members of Parliament.
•Pongsakorn Kwanmuang warned that if the punishment is merely a warning, the BMA Council's transparency policy would be considered fake.
•Napapol Jeerakul noted that the ethics committee consists of 13 ordinary committee chairpersons, the majority of whom belong to the People's Party and allied groups.
•Napapol Jeerakul claimed to have seen clear video evidence of proxy voting in the council chamber and called for the proceedings to be broadcast live.
•Napapol Jeerakul urged the media to request BMA Council President Pattaraporn Kengrungruangchai to investigate the video clips.

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Key Quotes

Pongsakorn Kwanmuang

"If the resolution is only a warning, I would like to remind you that voting on behalf of others is a criminal offense, and previous cases of MPs doing so set a standard."

หากลงมติแค่ตักเตือน ผมของฝากด้วยว่าเรื่องเสียบบัตรแทนกันเป็นความผิดอาญา และก่อนหน้าที่มีคดีของ สส.ที่เสียบบัตรแทนกันเป็นมาตรฐาน ดังนั้นต้องมีมาตรฐานเดียวกัน

Key Entities

Organization

Democrat Party(พรรคประชาธิปัตย์)

The political party represented by Pongsakorn Kwanmuang and Napapol Jeerakul.

BMA Council(สภา กทม.)

The governing council of Bangkok where the proxy voting allegations occurred.

People's Party(พรรคประชาชน)

The political party whose members are accused of voting on behalf of others in the BMA Council.

Person

Pongsakorn Kwanmuang(พงศกร ขวัญเมือง)

The spokesperson of the Democrat Party.

Pattaraporn Kengrungruangchai(ภัทราภรณ์ เก่งรุ่งเรืองชัย)

The President of the BMA Council.

Napapol Jeerakul(นภาพล จีระกุล)

A BMA Council member for Bangkok Noi district from the Democrat Party who filed the complaint.