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Thursday , March 6 , 2008

People's nominee versus political surrogates

Posted by Yoon , Reader : 301 , 09:04:45

At a time when the term "nominee" is considered taboo in Thai politics, Rosana Tositrakul - who won a landslide victory with over 740,000 votes in Sunday's Upper House election, to be Bangkok's sole senator - has declared herself to be a "people's nominee". The contrast in the low voter turnout (55.9 per cent) and her unprecedented high return (nearly three-quarters of a million v....

At a time when the term "nominee" is considered taboo in Thai politics, Rosana Tositrakul - who won a landslide victory with over 740,000 votes in Sunday's Upper House election, to be Bangkok's sole senator - has declared herself to be a "people's nominee". The contrast in the low voter turnout (55.9 per cent) and her unprecedented high return (nearly three-quarters of a million v....

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