EC warns of big fines for late policies

The Election Commission (EC) has instructed political parties to submit details of their campaign policies involving expenditure by Jan 19, while warning that late submissions will be subject to fines of up to 500,000 baht, with an additional daily fine of 10,000 baht until compliance.

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Apivat Roengsap, director of the EC's Office of Political Party Affairs, said yesterday only policies requiring the use of funds must be submitted, while non-budgetary policies are exempt. Parties were urged to submit their documents as soon as possible to allow time for corrections.

Mr Apivat said that political parties must also submit information on their primary voting processes.