A 46 page verdict cleared the Madame Mayor of all charges brought on by the local Election Commission office and the national Election Commission that sought to disqualify her from the recent mayoral elections.

On August 22nd, the Chiang Mai Administrative Court read the verdict inside a packed courtroom filled with family members and supporters of Dr. Duentemduang na Chiang Mai who was accused by the EC office of failing to affix a stamp on one of her candidacy forms and for a tax issue involving a rental property.

The Mayor had filed the complaint against the Election Commission after winning the election by a landslide on June 25.

The Mayor said she was pleased by the verdict and she can now proceed with the business of the city.

She added that one of her priorities is flood control management and she has begun work on ways to prevent a repeat of last year’s disaster that inundated parts of the city.
She can now finalize building her management team that will assist her during her four years in office.

The national Election Commission has 30 days to file an appeal against the verdict and at press time had not announced if it would continue to seek her disqualification.

Source: Chiang Mai Mail