PUBLISHED: 8 May 2025 at 20: 00
Ittiporn Boonpracong, the head of the Election Commission (EC ), refuted reports that the polling station was about to begin summoning about 60 senators to support collusion allegations in the previous year’s Senate election, calling the reports “groundless.”
When asked to confirm the press accounts, he responded,” I’ve just heard it from the information.”
The agency’s investigation into the allegations of collusion, which is being conducted by a joint committee made up of officials from the EC and the Department of Special Investigation ( DSI), is still in its early stages, according to a source at the EC.
The senators must be given the opportunity to protect themselves against the claims in front of a section called the 26th Committee before a summons may be issued, the source said. The council will then turn in a statement to the EC secretary-general for further discussion.
The polling place will then create a committee, which will make recommendations for possible activities based on the findings of the 26th Committee.
The EC may then make a decision based on the recommendations of the committee, according to the supply.
Separately, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai called the ongoing investigation into the claims of money laundering during the Senate vote a standard procedure in wrongdoing cases. In his power as the president of the DSI special cases council, he said the investigation wasn’t politically motivated.
The Constitutional Court had previously ordered Mr. Phumtham to listen to a plea that 92 lawmakers filed on March 26 requested that the court remove him and Justice Minister Pol Col Tawee Sodsong from their articles because they had interfered with the Senate election.
The ministers ‘ actions were deemed to be in violation of Article 170, Paragraph 1( 4 ) of the constitution by ordering a special investigation into allegations of vote-rigging in the election of last year.
The EC is the only entity authorized to evaluate poll-related issues, according to the lawmakers.
Since submitting his answer to the petition, Mr. Phumtham claims that he has not received any more notice from the judge.
He also refuted says that the investigation was merely a social activity between Bhumjaithai and Pheu Thai.