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Published on January 12, 2008

Beginning in Nakhon Ratchasima tomorrow, Anfrel workers will observe a sample of the re-elections that have been arranged, including those in Buri Ram scheduled for next week.

 "In this sensitive political context when a government has yet to form, re-elections must be well administered and their results accepted by all election stakeholders," said Ichal Supriadi, Anfrel's mission coordinator. Regarding cases of electoral violations still under investigation, Anfrel is encouraging the Election Comm-ission (EC) to be open in its rulings and inform the public of its decision-making in detail.

"To build trust with the public, the EC should publish written rulings on each case on its website. Though some information from investigations is obviously sensitive, the EC should proactively release as much as evidence as possible to the public so that its rulings can be more easily scrutinised.

The Nation