PUBLISHED: 5 Jul 2024 at 05: 12
Gen Kriangkrai Srirak welcomed rumors that he would become the Senate Speaker, despite the fact that he won the most votes in the open management and security expert group last week.
He said on Thursday that he would not have a problem accepting the leading Upper House position if he said that the majority of Senate members would believe him to be the new Senate Speaker as he had hoped.
His main attention, nevertheless, is in the Senate’s surveillance work, particularly that which concerns safety concerns in the three southern regions– Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat– he said.
Some spectators view him as the head of the senators-elect, who is believed to be supported by the Bhumjaithai Party.
Gen Kriangkrai, who retired about a year ago, just served as chief adviser to Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the Bhumjaithai president.
The two were colleagues of the National Defence College’s study program, which is widely thought to be a program designed primarily for political and business leaders to make connections.
According to a cause, it is also speculated that Senator-elect Mongkol Surasajja has a great opportunity of becoming the new Senate Speaker.
Mongkol: Has references to Bhumjaithai
One of the ten candidates in the same expert group as Gen Kriangkrai is Mr. Mongkol, a former director-general of the Department of Provincial Administration and governor of Buri Ram.
Mr Mongkol, also, is seen by some experts as being a nearby associate of Bhumjaithai. He is also very familiar with Gen. Kriangkrai because they have been working together since their pension at the Interior Ministry. Mr Mongkol serves as an assistant to Deputy Interior Minister Songsak Thongsri, who is also from Bhumjaithai, said a cause.
A different source reported that about 20 senators-elect who do not have a clear connection to either Bhumjaithai or the Move Forward Party ( MFP ) were invited to a get-together next week at Five Provinces Bordering Forest Preservation Foundation.
The bedrock, located in the 1st Infantry Regiment in Bangkok’s Phaya Thai neighborhood, has long been associated with Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, the head of the Palang Pracharath Party.
Sonthiya Sawatdee, a democratic advocate, joined a growing demand for the Election Commission to release a report on the Senate election results yesterday.
Chavalit Vichayasut, the deputy chief of Thai Sang Thai, claimed that the Senate poll was unlawful because some provinces do not have senators to reflect them.