Bangkok poll hopes riseAs 2021 has begun, the Prayut government should consider making a positive response to the Bangkokians' wish list: speed up the Bangkok governor election -- as well as the remaining local elections that have been frozen for almost seven years. The Bangkok gubernatorial election, like other local elections, has been banned since the military took power in 2014. The Provincial Organisation Administration (PAO) was the first of local elections to get the green light, which finally took place on Dec 20. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said in October the Bangkok governor election might be held by the end of 2021. Not to mention that this local election, for voters, has helped infuse a sense of democracy in the capital.

Source: Bangkok Post January 01, 2021 20:15 UTC