Election Commission exposed based on Monday’s sweeping decisions and judgments warns opposition
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Election Commission commissioners face possible Section 157 action after sending only 77 Senate cases towards court, warn opposition figures. No political party officeholder was referred to as People’s Party’s Nattapong Ruangpanyawut launches a five-front challenge and demands the evidence reaches judges or appropriate authorities.
Key facts
Election Commission commissioners face possible Section 157 action after sending only 77 Senate cases towards court, warn opposition figures
Thailand’s Election Commission has ignited a new legal and political battle after effectively judging the 2024 Senate collusion case itself
People’s Party says wider evidence raises Section 157 threat as Witthaya separately warns commissioners
Witthaya demands EC explain partial action as Section 157 complaints could reach the Supreme Court
Rather than send the wider suspected organised conspiracy to court, commissioners assessed individual cases and referred only 77 people
Just 26 are serving senators, while every political officeholder escaped referral
Summary
Thailand’s Election Commission has ignited a new legal and political battle after effectively judging the 2024 Senate collusion case itself. Rather than send the wider suspected organised conspiracy to court, commissioners assessed individual cases and referred only 77 people. Just 26 are serving senators, while every political officeholder escaped referral. The EC also effectively rejected the wider case that an organised operation lay behind the disputed Senate selection.
Thailand’s Election Commission faces a widening legal backlash after Monday’s ruling on the disputed 2024 Senate selection. Opposition figures and lawmakers warn commissioners could themselves face criminal proceedings under Section 157 of the Criminal Code. The warning follows the EC’s decision to proceed against only 77 people from the sprawling investigation. Notably, that number includes just 26 serving senators.