<p>Following the decision of the suddenly even-handed Election Commission to call for a re-run of the Bangkok governor’s election, political office holders around the country are looking over their shoulders and wondering if a similar fate will befall them.</p>

<p>Trying to downplay the government's nightmare scenario for the capital and to lessen panic, Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra invited 500 business leaders for an hour-long lecture at a hotel yesterday (Thursday) afternoon telling them that he finds it &quot;inconceivable&quot; that the whole of Bangkok would be heavily inundated to the point that the whole population will have to be evacuated.</p>