The Election Commission concludes that the best vote-getter misled the electorate regarding academic credentials.
PUBLISHED: 30 Apr 2025 at 16: 00
Senator Keskamol Pleansamai‘s voting rights will be revoked by the Election Commission (EC ), claiming that she deceived the public into believing her educational background.
Dr. Keskamol claimed she was a teacher who had a PhD when she ran for the Senate in June of last year. In the last round of polling on June 26 of last year, she received more votes than any other candidate.
The Election Commission accepted a problem about the president’s requirements in July of last year. Its investigation came to the conclusion that a PhD name requirement included ongoing study, completion, and a certificate.
California University is a foreign-based organization that evaluates credentials, and the credentials it awards are not recognized by Thailand’s government agencies.
The commission claimed that Dr. Keskamol’s say violated Section 77 of the 2018 Senate vote law and was a fraud to get votes.
One of the few things on her resume that has been verified is Dr. Keskamol, 47, who graduated from Rangsit University as a physician. After her vote, social press sleuths attacked her claims of many graduate degrees and a professor.
Dr. Keskamol, the owner of four beauty salons with a sizable website next, claimed that when she ran for the Senate, she chose to participate in the Freelance Workers team over the Public Health class because the latter featured a large number of well-known individuals.
The Medical Council of Thailand previously stated that Dr. Keskamol was never qualified to identify herself as a skin specialist because she had never received a recognized dermatologist documentation.
Dr. Keskamol’s selection of “university” in the US even sparked controversy because it is where Thamanat Prompow, a former minister and then deputy director to the Klatham Party, received his PhD.
A degree-equivalency examiner graded and issued Thamanat’s research.
Any member found to confuse voters about their academic credentials may be subject to a sentence in the 2018 Senate election laws of 1 to 10 years and/or a great of between 20 000 and 200, 000 ringgit. Voting freedom will also be denied for 20 years if found guilty.
Dr. Keskamol may halt her work as a senator until the Supreme Court renders a decision if the situation is accepted.
In addition, Dr. Keskamol is the subject of another collusion-related lawsuit.
Ittiporn Boonpracong, the commission’s chair, stated recently that the payment was anticipating the completion of its investigation into alleged election fraud within the month.
In addition to the vote, the Department of Special Investigation is looking into a number of allegations of money-laundering and vote-rigging.