Village Headman Elections: A deliciously feudalistic dish

A deliciously feudalistic dish – Bangkok Post, August 7, 2011
…the minimum age for eligibility to contest for the seat of village or district head is 25 years old. So a powerful local politician can put his 25-year-old son up for election. If elected, his reign is 35 years of lording it over his very own little fiefdom…