Mongkolkit submitted a letter to the Election Commission to block the old powers from dominating the Bangkok governor election and urged live streaming during vote counting to prevent ballot tampering issues such as vote shifting.
On 17 June 2026 at the Election Commission office, Mongkolkit Suksintharanon, chairman of the Bangkok Bin Dai group, submitted a letter to the EC chairman proposing measures to manage the Bangkok governor and council elections with transparency, honesty, fairness, and accountability at every step.
Mongkolkit said that for this election, Bangkok Bin Dai nominated Phasapong Chaiwiriyawanit. Drawing from his national election experience, he noted that Bangkok has 6,629 polling stations overseen by the Bangkok EC, requiring over 59,000 polling station committee members (9 per station). The traditional method of selecting these members may allow old power groups or community influence networks to place their own people in control, raising doubts about impartiality.
He continued that Bangkok Bin Dai proposes a tripartite restructuring of the 9-member polling station committees. Each committee would include one representative from each of the following groups: Education sector with 3 members (1 from the Office of the Basic Education Commission, 1 from private schools, 1 from vocational education); Security sector with 3 members (1 each from army, navy, air force); Youth/new generation sector with 3 members (1 university student, 1 vocational student, 1 high school senior).
“All persons in this new proposed structure must not be affiliated with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to break cycles of conflicts of interest, control, or favoritism toward any candidate from local power groups. This will restore genuine public confidence in the electoral process,” Mongkolkit stated.
Additionally, Mongkolkit proposed three key measures to enhance transparency: allowing at least two observers from each political party per polling station to monitor from ballot box opening, ballot checking, voting, box closing, through vote counting, with seating arranged for clear visibility; permitting observers to record videos or live stream vote counting via mobile phones to prevent miscounting or unfair handling of valid and invalid ballots; and after recording results, observers should be allowed to photograph the official tally sheets immediately to enable objections and comparisons with the central EC results, preventing vote shifting complaints seen in past elections.
Mongkolkit concluded that if the EC opens up to allow all parties to freely and transparently inspect the election process, it will not only boost public confidence and reduce disputes post-election, but also protect EC commissioners and polling officials from potential accusations or lawsuits arising from future mistakes.