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Thailand izobamba ukhetho ngoMeyi 14, kusho inhlangano yokuvota kuzwelonke ngoLwesibili, ngemuva kosuku kuhlakazwe iphalamende.
Lesi simemezelo siqhamuke ngesikhathi amaqembu eqinisa umkhankaso wokukhankasela umncintiswano kazwelonke wokwesekwa ngabavoti abafanelekile ababalelwa ku-52 million.
Lo mjaho uzokuba yimpi phakathi kweqembu elisekela amasosha, eliholwa nguNdunankulu osesikhundleni. Prayut Chan-o-changokumelene neqembu elikhulu eliphikisayo iPheu Thai, eliholwa umndeni wakwaShinawatra ongusozigidi.
Ukuvota kusenesikhathi kuzokwenzeka ngoMeyi 7, kanti ukubhaliswa kwabantu abazongenela ukhetho, okuhlanganisa nabaqokelwe izikhundla zokuba ngundunankulu, kuzokwenzeka ekuqaleni kuka-Ephreli, kusho uNobhala-Jikelele weKhomishana yoKhetho uSawaeng Boonmee esithangamini sabezindaba.
Ikhomishana izogunyaza okungenani amavoti angama-95% zingakapheli izinsuku ezingama-60 ngemuva kokuvota, esho.
“Singathanda ukuthi wonke umuntu ahloniphe imithetho … ukuze kube nokhetho olungenazihibe,” esho.
Ukhetho lwangoMeyi luzokhetha amalungu ephalamende, okuzothi kanye neSenethi eliqokiwe likhethe undunankulu ekupheleni kukaJulayi, ngokohlelo lwesikhathi olunikezwe uhulumeni.
Sekunezinyanga kuqhubeka imibuthano yezombangazwe, kodwa amaqembu manje ahlanganisa imizamo.
UPheu Thai kulindeleke ukuthi abambe imicimbi nsuku zonke kulo lonke elaseThailand ehlanganisa indodakazi encane yomholi wangaphambili u-Thaksin Shinawatra, u-Paetongtarn, oseqhulwini okhethweni lwemibono njengomuntu ongase abe undunankulu.
Ngezinqubomgomo zabantu abaningi ezihloselwe izigaba zabasebenzi baseThailand, amaqembu alawulwa amaShinawatras aphumelele ukhetho ngalunye kusukela ngo-2001, okuhlanganisa kabili nokubhidlika komhlaba, kodwa ohulumeni bakhona abathathu basuswa ekuketulweni kwezempi noma ngezinqumo zenkantolo.
UPaetongtarn ngoLwesihlanu uthe unethemba lokuthi uzowina ngamalengiso, ngenhloso yokugwema noma yikuphi ubuqili bezepolitiki obubhekiswe eqenjini lakhe.
Prayut, ngubani engenela ukhetho kabusha ne-United Thai Nation Party, utshele abezindaba ngoLwesibili ukuthi iKhabhinethi yakhe lisaphethe izwe.
