EC to approve Democrat win tomorrow

PHUKET CITY: The Election Commission (EC) will confirm Democrat Party candidates Tossaporn Thepabutr and Rewat Areerob as the winners of the Phuket round of the December 23 general election, the Gazette was told today.

A five-member EC team arrived in Phuket on Thursday to investigate a charge lodged by rival candidates claiming that K. Tossaporn’s wife, Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor) President Anchalee Vanich-Thepabutr, had unfairly used her position to help the two candidates.

Phuket Election Committee (PEC) investigation officer Ratchapon Thongnuengarm, who is leading the investigation team in Phuket, today told the Gazette that the EC investigators dismissed the complaint after ruling there was insufficient evidence to prove the charges.

The EC will confirm the pair as the winners by tomorrow, K. Ratchapon said.