Monitor says Thai election campaign 'heavily tilted' to benefit junta


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  • Tuesday, 26 Mar 2019

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha poses with traditional dancers as he arrives to attend a weekly cabinet meeting days after the general election at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The run-up to Thailand's weekend vote was "heavily tilted" to benefit a party close to the ruling military junta, an Asian election monitor said on Tuesday, criticising a messy ballot-counting process that created mistrust.

Persistent confusion about results two days after Sunday's vote have diminished hopes that the first election since a 2014 military coup would end nearly 15 years of political turmoil in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy.

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