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Ex-governor scoffs at poll

Sukhumbhand predicts last-minute vote surge

MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Democrat Party's candidate for Bangkok governor, has shrugged off an Abac poll projecting him to finish behind the Pheu Thai Party's Pongsapat Pongcharoen.

He told the Bangkok Post in an exclusive interview Thursday that the race is still in its early stages and the vote could eventually swing in his favour.

He said he is looking to take 1 million votes during the March 3 election.

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  • subcoman

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    Discussion 2 : 25 Jan 2013 at 06.002

    The Democrat Party is, whatever the result of the election, the big loser because we all have read hundreds of time the popular rhetoric such as ""people of Bangkok will never ever vote for PT, they are clever and you can not buy them".
    So like or not, if the Dems are even not able to win in a landslide victory in their stronghold of Bkk as their supposed to do but only by a short victory (if not even lose), it is just the continuation of 20 years of decline with the voters and also a slap in the face for quite a few people in this forum who spend all their days to write disconnected with reality comments.

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    Discussion 1 : 25 Jan 2013 at 05.591

    Still not seen from both leading candidates the fundamental infrastructure, rules and law implementation plan. Only Sereepisuth vowed to tackle this. Bangkok urgently needs footpath for pedestrians not for sales, green city with good garbage management, no waterways encroachment and road traffic strict rules enforcement. We don't need more park with vendors and garbage. All waterways are rotten. River has three rows of buildings with BMA house numbers, official tab water, electricity and true vision. Bangkok can't take anymore mega projects until these are well managed.

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