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People’s Party presses EC to act on Senate collusion case
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People’s Party list-MP Parit Wacharasindhu on Friday disclosed additional evidence in the Senate election collusion case, starting with testimony collected in Nakhon Phanom province.
Key facts
- Mr Parit, also the opposition chief whip, said that an Election Commission investigative panel had already found sufficient grounds to implicate 229 accused individuals, with evidence that he claimed was stronger and more conclusive than
- People’s Party list-MP Parit Wacharasindhu on Friday disclosed additional evidence in the Senate election collusion case, starting with testimony collected in Nakhon Phanom province.
- Multiple investigations have been taking place into alleged irregularities in the three-stage Senate election that concluded on June 26, 2024
- The first was a video featuring Supachai Phosu, a former Bhumjaithai MP for Nakhon Phanom, speaking at a traditional baisri sukhwan ceremony on Aug 17, 2024, to celebrate the election of Sithikorn Khongyos as a senator.
- The second piece of evidence concerned a meeting allegedly held at a hotel in Ayutthaya province on June 24-25, 2024, shortly before the Senate election.
- The fourth concerned a gathering at a concrete mill in Nakhon Phanom on June 20, 2024, about one week before the Senate election.
Summary
Mr Parit, also the opposition chief whip, said that an Election Commission investigative panel had already found sufficient grounds to implicate 229 accused individuals, with evidence that he claimed was stronger and more conclusive than in previous election-related cases.
If the EC dismissed these cases despite such evidence, questions would inevitably be raised about its impartiality, said the opposition MP, who spoke at the Future Forward Building in Bangkok on the second anniversary of the Senate election.