As part of moves to improve the EC's inquiries into electoral fraud and people opposed to the public referendum on the new charter, the EC will train democracy activistsand NGO workers to carry out support work.

Such staff will be incorporated into the EC's network to prevent poll fraud and work against any political groups looking to instigate a push against the referendum.

The training will be carried out over the next two months and will include EC officials around the country who work on electoral investigations - in a bid to improve their skills and performance.

"The weakness of provincial EC officials is that they need to get more knowledge in law and regulations, including experience in investigation work, to bring themselves on a par with EC officials from the Central region," Somchai said.