Another Phuket Election - Apr 20th (Bar Closing 19th)

It seems, like bars will close again this weekend, hopefully only for one evening. Phuket Election Committee (PEC) Director Supap Akkam has announced that the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor) elections – one specifically to elect a new OrBorJor president and another to elect a new OrBorJor council – will be held on April 20; this normally means that bars will have to close or at least cease to sell alcohol on the night before.

From the Phuket Gazette:

"Nighttime actives will be drier than usual tomorrow in preparation for the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor) elections on Sunday.
The Phuket Election Committee has announced that, in accordance with election law, a booze ban will be in effect throughout the province, prohibiting sales and distribution of alcohol, including in bars and clubs, from 6 pm Saturday to midnight Sunday.
Phuket province has 202,056 eligible voters, who will be able to cast their ballots between 8:30 am and 3 pm on Sunday at one of 326 polling stations.
Islanders will be voting for a new OrBorJor president along with 24 OrBorJor council seats for Muang, Thalang and Kathu districts. Votes will be counted immediately after the election has closed, with the unofficial result expected to be released on Monday."

no 'Hansum Man' for these Soi Bangla bar girls...

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Why are there actually still elections in Thailand? After all those so very obvious shenanigans of the current (and all the past) government parties, it seems totally unnecessary to me. Thai people do not understand democracy, do not value it and government seems to be just another of the many pyramid schemes going on here...