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ABAC poll: 65% of respondents ready to sell votes
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BANGKOK, Oct 21 (TNA) - Attempts by interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont to eliminate vote-buying during Thailand's upcoming general election are likely to be fruitless as a recent survey shows that two out of three Thais -- 64.6 per cent of the respondents in a new survey -- are quite ready to accept gifts or money in exchange for their votes.

Assumption University ABAC Poll director Noppadol Kannikar said the poll conducted among 3,758 eligible voters aged above 18 in 14 provinces nationwide between October 15 -20 showed that almost 65 per cent of all respondents were willing to accept bribes in exchange for their votes in the December 23 election.

Only of 35.4 per cent of the respondents said they would not accept bribes or favours in exchange for their votes.

Also, the most worrisome result obtained from the survey was that 83 per cent of the respondents said they would not inform the Election Commission or concerned officials on any vote-buying practices even if they had evidence.

Two-thirds -- 66.7 per cent -- said vote-buying in Thailand is now reaching its most critical point ever.

Only 51.9 per cent of the respondents said they would consider both political party policies and the qualifications and personalities of the candidates before casting their ballots, while 28 per cent said they would give preferential attention to the candidates themselves and only 20.1 per cent indicated they would make their decision based on party policy platforms. (TNA) - E111
ETNA Oct 21, 2007

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As I've said 1000 times before. Corruption is not top down it's bottom up in Thailand. You can't rid a country of a practice that the majority approve or condone. If all the parties are going to give you a "present" for your time to listen to their spiel then the people are going to take it. It's just human nature.

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Taking a "present" and really voting for the "donor" are two things. Before elections around here which in the last years were always narrowly "decided" between TRT and Democrats, both sides were handing out. Amphur Non Sung is famous for cheating on top of that. Like exchanging a box with votes under a recording camera or having a higher vote count than people showed up. Manipulation of the outcome isn't done by buying votes only.

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