21.   Local district councillors are furious that they are being forced by the Government to introduce fees for commercial waste collection.

22.   Past national polls have shown that district councillors, as elected grassroots representatives closest to Bangkok voters, are effective canvassers for votes.

23.   Chanatphol, who is the Palang Thai campaign, noted that low-income people living in slum areas are most aware of the role of district councillors.

24.   Consequently, he said, the nine MCA district councillors should retract their statements immediately or face legal action.

25.   Fifty-five per cent of the respondents who had not voted said they did not understand the duties of city assemblymen and district councillors.

26.   Many, when asked in a random interview by The Nation, confess to having no understanding about the roles of their assemblymen and district councillors.

27.   MPs and district councillors in a given constituency are often members of the same political party.

28.   Political pundits attribute the lack of knowledge of the roles of city legislators and district councillors to several factors.

29.   She conceded that district councillors kept closer touch with voters although their roles were little-known to the public besides helping residents file complaints to the city administration.

30.   We have to prepare for the election of district councillors.