Democrat will not protect candidates who cheat : Abhisit

The party will also investigate the cases by inviting its candidates to defend themselves.But the party will respect the Election Commission's ruling on the matters.

He was saying after two of the party's candidates in Nakhon Sri Thammarat on

Tuesday was summoned by the EC to testify in a complaint that they allegedly committed electoral fraud by misleading voters about other candidates' popularity.

They included Surachet Martdit and Pimpattra Wichaikul.

Abhisit said the government's stability depends on how it governs the country, not the number of parliamentary seats it has, he said.

He said the People Power Party should tell people the truth about its

attempt to persuade other parties to join forming the government. It should

not announce when it was still uncertain about the agreement. Otherwise, it would

lie to people even before becoming the government.

He said it was unusual for a party winning 233 out of 480 parliament seats to

take this much time to form a government. To announce the formation on January 3 would be too late.

If the PPP can gather all the parties to join in the government, leaving Democrat to be the only opposition party, Democrat will accept so.

He said Democrat can negotiate with parties planning to join it on forming the government on the quota of the ministries, except Education Ministry. It is because Democrat

promised to people it would develop the country's education. However, it

does not mean the Democrat will take control of only one ministry.

Abhisit and some winning candidates Wednesday went on a motorcade to thank

Bangkok voters for their supports including new Bangkok candidates Sakoltee

Phattiyakul and Atavit Suwannapakdee.

Democrat Party got 27 out of 36 Bangkok constituency MP seats.

by Kornchanok Raksaseri