PUBLISHED : 8 Aug 2023 at 07:29
The Senate on Monday approved the appointment of Passawat Kanoknart, a former vice president of the Supreme Court, as a new national anti-corruption commissioner.
The Senate voted 168 to 25 with 20 abstentions in favour of naming Mr Passawat as the latest member of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).
The law requires the appointment to be supported by at least half the senators, or 125 of them.
Passawat: Former Supreme Court VP
Mr Passawat is replacing Pol Gen Sataporn Laothong, who has completed his nine-year term as an NACC member.
Mr Passawat’s appointment came after the selection process failed to produce an anti-graft member for more than a year.
The selection committee previously considered the candidacy of Araya Preechametta, who later failed to win a majority of support to be nominated in the Senate for appointment.
The committee then put forth Mr Passawat as the new candidate.