PUBLISHED: 30 Jun 2024 at 06: 01
According to the Election Commission (EC ), registering with the wrong professional organizations may not constitute an offense unless the candidate had the intent to deceive the public and the authorities during the Senate election.
The explanation was made by EC secretary- public Sawaeng Boonmee , on Twitter on Saturday.
After the last, national-round of the Senate contest ended on Wednesday in Bangkok, the EC has been under extreme pressure. Allegations were abound of vote- hacking and illegal and matched election registrations, prompting the EC to support an inspection.
Mr. Sawaeng stated on Saturday that submitting an application for the Sor Wor 3 form, which may include false information about the candidate, is a distinct from the right to participate in a Senate election. He was citing a Supreme Court law.
The prospect faces criminal charges for supplying fake data, for instance, if the Sor Wor 3 type mentions the prospect farms salt as a profession only to have his name investigated after a after investigation revealed that he has lied about it.
According to the EC secretary-general, that does not prevent him from running for the Senate.
48, 226 individuals have been accused of providing false information about themselves in the registration document submitted to the EC, and the payment is looking through issues.
According to Mr. Sawaeng, the individuals will face charges for breaking the Senate election law if the issues have basis.
The EC was also responding to issues that some individuals had their votes diverted to certain other candidates who had been supported by social groups while being hired to run for the Senate.
However, Clean Politics group secretary-general Jaturun Boonbenjarat announced he would get an immediate order from the Supreme Administrative Court to block Tuesday’s scheduled news of the results of the Senate election.
If granted, the judge may continue to hear his complaint about alleged abnormalities in Senate elections.
He claimed that he was making social sense of his position as a candidate for the Senate election to prevent political parties from dominating the lower chamber.
” This ( Senate poll ) could well go down in history as another chapter in dirty politics”, he said.
Mr. Jaturun claimed that political parties had the power to influence the vote, and that some individuals had registered with organizations for which they were not qualified.
He urged the EC to investigate whether some individuals had relationships between some candidates and political events, and to find out why some of them had registered with the wrong professional organizations.
The EC may appear through the bank accounts, he said, because it might show strange financing deals during the Senate vote.
He claimed that some Senate candidates had too little professional experience and maturity to be effective lawmakers.
According to the proverb, the Senate’s capability to monitor legislation to keep accountability would be in serious danger if parties could wrap their little finger around it.