BANGKOK : The government announced on Tuesday ( Apr 23 ) that Thailand will hold a senate election in June, marking the first upper house election since a military coup a decade ago.
Programs for the sophisticated, multi-round election, which do not require a total public vote, were approved by the case of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Additionally, ministers agreed to hold a poll asking Thai citizens whether they would vote for a constitutional amendment that the then-ruling coup approved in 2017.
The senate’s 250 existing members were chosen by the junta that seized power in 2014, and they had a significant influence on the results of the previous year’s general election.
Although Pita Limjaroenrat, the progressive Move Forward Party ( MPF), won the majority of the lower house seats, was denied the chance to become prime minister because he did not have enough support in the senate.
Srettha, whose Pheu Thai group finished second in the poll, formed a coalition government with army-linked functions.