People Power Party leader Samak Sundaravej said his winning candidates will surely celebrate their electoral victories when parliament reconvenes early next month but expressed doubt that the contests in Bangkok were either fair or clean.
Mr Samak, tipped to become prime minister heading a coalition government following last Sunday's genereal election which saw his PPP sweep most parliamentary seats, said his colleagues will look into the poor results of the PPP contests in the capital.
His party had been projected to gain up to 21 out of a total of 36 seats in pre-election polls. But the PPP only won nine parliamentary seats, with the balance going to the Democrat Party.
In particular, the PPP leader said the advance voting scheduled one week ahead of Sunday's polls remained very questionable.
Meanwhile, PPP chief legal adviser Chusak Sirinil confirmed the issuing of yellow cards to PPP winning candidates by the Election Commission would certainly not affect the setting up of a PPP-led coalition government.
The PPP, which had swept 233 MP seats, had been given three yellow cards so far and even a dozen more would not seriously affect the business of forming the coalition with other parties, he said.
Calling on the polling agency to perform in a just and indiscriminate fashion, Mr Chusak urged the Election Commission to investigate and consider presenting a yellow card to a winning Democrat Party candidate contesting in Petchabun province amid allegations that he had been involved in vote-buying.
The PPP adviser played down Thursday's meeting between election commissioners and the Council for National Security, which he said currently has no active role in running the country.
PPP spokesman Kuthep Saikrachang called on the Democrat Party to stop "sowing confusion" by behind-the-scenes scrambling to form a coalition of its own, despite the fact that it had came off second to the PPP. The spokesman, who was defeated in Si Sa Ket, said the PPP-led coalition consists of 254 MPs so far.
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Mr Samak, tipped to become prime minister heading a coalition government following last Sunday's genereal election which saw his PPP sweep most parliamentary seats, said his colleagues will look into the poor results of the PPP contests in the capital.
His party had been projected to gain up to 21 out of a total of 36 seats in pre-election polls. But the PPP only won nine parliamentary seats, with the balance going to the Democrat Party.
In particular, the PPP leader said the advance voting scheduled one week ahead of Sunday's polls remained very questionable.
Meanwhile, PPP chief legal adviser Chusak Sirinil confirmed the issuing of yellow cards to PPP winning candidates by the Election Commission would certainly not affect the setting up of a PPP-led coalition government.
The PPP, which had swept 233 MP seats, had been given three yellow cards so far and even a dozen more would not seriously affect the business of forming the coalition with other parties, he said.
Calling on the polling agency to perform in a just and indiscriminate fashion, Mr Chusak urged the Election Commission to investigate and consider presenting a yellow card to a winning Democrat Party candidate contesting in Petchabun province amid allegations that he had been involved in vote-buying.
The PPP adviser played down Thursday's meeting between election commissioners and the Council for National Security, which he said currently has no active role in running the country.
PPP spokesman Kuthep Saikrachang called on the Democrat Party to stop "sowing confusion" by behind-the-scenes scrambling to form a coalition of its own, despite the fact that it had came off second to the PPP. The spokesman, who was defeated in Si Sa Ket, said the PPP-led coalition consists of 254 MPs so far.
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