Above left: Democrat Party - Join to push Bangkok to forward with your one valuable vote - Please vote for all the team of Democrats Above right: Not handsome, but gets results - Bangkok councilor Candidate Somsak Rattanakangwanwong - Vote for No.1 - Your one vote has meaning - Vote all for District Councilors 8-14 ("Not handsome" Somsak is running against the Democrat's Pipat. The Democrats do seem to field boyish-looking candidates.)
...He said Mr Ratthapol ordered certain posters to be torn down on the grounds that they contained content slanderous to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), and did not carry information identifying who published them. ...''This is boring. We should spend time campaigning constructively, highlighting each party's policy,'' he said. ...Deputy BMA spokesman Thanom Onketpol said Mr Ratthapol has ordered all 50 district offices in Bangkok to remove all campaign posters carrying slanderous content against the BMA from the streets. These posters do not carry the identity of their publishers, nor the number of any election candidate, he said... Row over campaign posters heads to court - The Nation, July 13, 2006 ...Rattapol said he ordered 50 district offices to remove those posters that did not carry the names or numbers of candidates but merely mudslinging messages. More than 1,400 posters were removed from 28 districts...
Elections for Bangkok councilors will be held on July 23. Above are posters for TRT (left) and the Democrats (right).
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