Alcohol ban this weekend and the following weekend of the election

There will be a 24 hour alcohol ban this weekend as well as on the weekend of the general election on March 24.

Sunday, March 17 will feature a day of pre-voting where alcohol sales and distribution will be forbidden from 6pm on Saturday, March 16 until 6pm on Sunday, March 17.

That will precede the ban on the following weekend of March 23 & 24 as well.

So, two weekends in a row will be affected by the election. Pol Col Jarungwit Phumma, secretary of the Election Commission confirmed the additional bans on March 16 and 17 last week.

He says that weddings and parties can still be organised on these dates but there must be no alcohol.

In addition, no election-related polls are permitted during the seven days before the election.

Alcohol ban this weekend and the following weekend of the election | News by Thaiger

Pol Col Jarungwit Phumma, secretary of the Election Commission

SOURCE: Thai Rath

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