Viagra in exchange for your vote

Posted by DCampbell aka Puteri | 12/04/2007 01:09:00 PM | | 2 comments »

BANGKOK (AFP) - Parliamentary candidates in Thailand's upcoming election are trying to buy the votes of elderly men by passing out free Viagra, a local government official said Friday.

Thais head to the polls on December 23 for the first time since the military toppled the elected prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless coup last year.

Residents in Prathumthani, on the northern outskirts of Bangkok, reported some of the candidates were passing out doses of the anti-impotence drug in exchange for promised votes, said Sayan Nopkham, a local government official.

Full story here.

I guess I have heard it all now about vote buying. In Malaysia, money as little as RM 20 (about US $ 7.50) buys you a vote. Viagra?

Viagra is definitely more valuable for elderly male voters! It costs about RM 45 a pill so a couple of those blue pills will definitely be plenty for elderly Thai men! Plenty enough to buy their votes, I guess! I can't blame these elderly men either for coming back for more! :-)

2 comments

  1. pat // 6:57 PM, December 05, 2007  

    untuk apa viagra nyak??viagra enti diambik without prescription ari doctor merbahaya bah.aku nda kala vote and malas ka vote...malas ka register nyadi pengundi.ilak ngundi pun mesti ngundi kerajaan.no choice.enti kami yg kerja perintah tuk ngundi pembangkang silap2 masuk jail,baka mentua aku suba.Terpaksa bermalam semalam ba lock-up.

  2. DCampbell aka Puteri // 10:07 PM, December 05, 2007  

    enti sihat nadai ga nya merbahaya .. enti endang udah bisi health problems merbahaya ga!

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