No election!

That’s the rumor circulating. So strong is the rumor that both Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban have had to make statements trying to convince people that an election will be called and held.

Suthep is reported at MCOT News to have said that “a general election will definitely be held and urged the public not to pay attention on these rumours.” His statement mentioned resignation talk at the Election Commission, the continued use of the Internal Security Act and pressure from the People’s Alliance for Democracy as largely unrelated to whether an election would be held.

Abhisit is in the same place, as saying he is “confident that the election would be held as planned by him earlier, as the majority of people in the country wanted to see the country moving forward.” He seems to refer to PAD as wanting to obstruct an election.

The fact that both men have to reaffirm an intention to hold an election is telling in itself.

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