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Former top judge advocates collecting evidence for a Constitutional Court case to strike down the Senate
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All 200 Senate seats could be at stake as former Constitutional Court judge Charun Pakdithanakul outlines a route to challenge the entire 2024 selection after divided EC votes blocked further DSI evidence and left only 77 persons facing legal action.
Key facts
- All 200 Senate seats could be at stake as former Constitutional Court judge Charun Pakdithanakul outlines a route to challenge the entire 2024 selection after divided EC votes blocked further DSI evidence and left only 77 persons facing
- Thailand’s 200-member Senate faces a potentially seismic constitutional challenge after former Constitutional Court judge Charun Pakdithanakul outlined a route to overturn the entire 2024 selection
- Charun proposes two-stage legal route that could place all 200 Senate seats before the Constitutional Court
- EC narrowed original 229-person Senate investigation to 77 after two sharply divided commission votes
- His intervention follows razor-thin EC votes blocking additional DSI financial, telephone and photographic evidence before the probe narrowed from 229 people to 77
- Only 26 serving senators now face proceedings, while no political officeholders were referred
Summary
Thailand’s 200-member Senate faces a potentially seismic constitutional challenge after former Constitutional Court judge Charun Pakdithanakul outlined a route to overturn the entire 2024 selection. His intervention follows razor-thin EC votes blocking additional DSI financial, telephone and photographic evidence before the probe narrowed from 229 people to 77. Only 26 serving senators now face proceedings, while no political officeholders were referred.
Former Constitutional Court judge Charun Pakdithanakul has outlined a route capable of challenging Thailand’s entire 2024 Senate selection. His proposal goes far beyond existing Election Commission action against 77 people.