Thailand’s election commission, who is facing strong criticism for its inconsistency in vote counting from Sunday’s general election, has on Friday said the computer software was to be partly blamed for the vote totals.
According to Dawn news reports, during the early reporting of the election totals, its computer software had troubled tackling data which were entered simultaneously from various points and displayed incorrect numbers, the election commission, in a statement, reported.
The EC has on Thursday issued a 208-page compilation of final votes in response to the strong condemnation, but however, some tallies failed to add up correctly.
The opposition parties and poll-watching outfits have accused the EC of lack of transparency. Some political activists said they are initiating a petition campaign in order to impeach the commission.
The EC’s figures have indicated the pro-junta party linked to the military had the most popular votes.
An Asian election monitor has on Tuesday criticized Thailand’s ballot-counting process, saying the run-up to the weekend’s vote was “heavily tilted” to benefit the ruling party linked to military – Junta party.
Thailand’s opposition party, Pheu Thai party, has said on Wednesday that it has formed an alliance, a “democratic front”, consisting of six other parties after a disputed election, claiming that the opposition alliance has won majority votes in the lower house of parliament and has rights to form a government.
According to Reuters news reports, the opposition coalition, however, would likely fall short election a prime minister candidate, which will require combined voting with the upper house of parliament, which the pro-junta party linked to the military has authority to entirely appoint.
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