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Army pledges full support for election

29/06/2011

Forces under the command of army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha are certain to remain neutral and to fully support the July 3 election, Army Region 1 commander Udomdej Sitabutr said on Wednesday.

Lt-Gen Udomdej said he believed that at this stage nobody could derail the election and all, or nearly all, soldiers would go to the polls to cast their individual ballots.

"We have told all army personnel that they have the right to vote for any candidate or party of their choice. What is of high importance is that the monarchy must be safeguarded," he said.

The Army Region 1 commander denied that soldiers had been lobbied to vote for a certain party.

"What we are doing is urging as many as soldiers as possible to exercise their voting right," he said.

Lt-Gen Udomdej expressed concern over possible violence during the last stages of campaigning.

As a preventive measure, Internal Security Operations Command intelligence units have been collecting information and Isoc would inform police if anything suspicious was detected, he said.

Nguồn: Bangkok Post,
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/244574/army-pledges-full-support-for-election