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, regional round of the Senate contest wrapped off on Wednesday in Bangkok, the EC has come under extreme stress. 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 water as a profession only to have his name later discovered by a probe that he has lied about it.
According to the EC secretary-general, that does not prevent him from running for the Senate.
48, 226 applicants have been accused of providing false information about themselves in the registration document submitted to the EC, and the fee is looking through issues.
According to Mr. Sawaeng, the individuals will face charges for breaking the Senate election law if the problems have premises.
The EC was also responding to concerns that some candidates had their votes diverted to certain social party-backed candidates who had been hired to run for president.
However, Clean Politics group secretary-general Jaturun Boonbenjarat said he will request an immediate order from the Supreme Administrative Court to stop the scheduled news of the Senate election results on Tuesday.
If granted, the injunction would remain in effect while the court considers his plea to act on alleged irregularities 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 democratic parties had the power to influence the outcome, and that some individuals had allegedly registered with organizations for which they were not qualified.
He urged the EC to investigate whether some individuals had connections between some candidates and political parties, and to find out why some of them had registered with the wrong professional organizations.
” For starters, the EC may look through the banks accounts that may expose strange banking transactions during the Senate vote,” he said.
He claimed that some Senate candidates had too little professional knowledge and sophistication 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 were able to wrap the Senate around their little hand, he continued.