Numerous people have filed allegations of wrongdoing.
Described: 20 Mar 2025 at 05: 20
Itthiporn Boonpracong, the head of the Election Commission (EC ), welcomed the Department of Special Investigation’s ( DSI) participation in the investigation into alleged collusion in the upcoming Senate election last year.
Since last month’s Senate election, Mr. Itthiporn commented on the development of the investigation into the claims of vote-rigging.
He claimed that the Supreme Court has received nine cases that have been settled for constitutional prosecutors so much.
220 of the 577 complaints received were allegations of vote-rigging, which is a violation of Section 77 ( 1 ) of the organic law governing the composition of the Senate, he claimed.
115 of these 220 circumstances have undergone thorough investigation, according to Mr. Itthiporn.
Three more admitted Senate vote-rigging cases were transferred from the DSI on Tuesday, according to the EC.
He claimed that the DSI representatives had been invited to work with the EC on these three more cases.
Following a preliminary investigation that found breaches of the natural laws governing the structure of the Senate, which falls under the EC’s purview, the DSI transferred these situations.
The EC has received criticism for shoddy results in the Senate vote studies and lack of transparency.
About 30 past Senatorial individuals, all of whom are on a supply list, have signed a petition to halt EC secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee for breach of duty after he allegedly failed to prevent collusion during the Senate election approach.
The 2016 Senate vote was complicated because candidates voted on the region, municipal, and national levels between themselves and the relevant professional organizations.
Since no investigations were conducted, the team claimed there was a likely reason to believe the EC does had attempted to conceal the alleged acts.
In their complaint, the team also demanded that other organizations participate in the research into collusion in the Senate elections, including the Royal Thai Police, DSI, the Anti-Money Laundering Office, and the Attorney General’s Office, to foster trust and maintain the analysis is as thorough as possible.