Election Commission pressed on Senate poll case

Sept 8 deadline draws near for deciding whether to send collusion allegations to court PUBLISHED : 20 Aug 2026 at 06:03 A group of reserve senators and senatorial candidates gather at the Election Commission to urge the transfer of the senatorial election collusion case to the Supreme Court’s election cases division. They say the case has seen no progress in the past two years. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) Pressure is mounting on the Election Commission (EC) after a civic network, a group of reserve senators and a former MP urged the poll regulator to send a 2024 Senate election fraud case allegedly involving 229 people to court without further delay..ssecorp larotcele eht ni ecnedifnoc cilbup gninimrednu si esac eht fo gnildnah degnolorp taht denraw yehT .esac eht fo gnildnah sti ni ycnerapsnart gnidnamed CE eht ot noititep a dettimbus yadsendeW no ,lokgnomiahC tihciP yb del ,mrofeR dnaliahT rof elpoeP dna stnedutS fo krowteN ehT .noitca lagel ecaf dluohs elpoep 002 naht erom taht dedulcnoc eettimmoc-bus a erofeb noitcele etaneS eht ni noisulloc fo snoitagella etagitsevni ot sraey owt naht erom nekat dah CE eht dias tihciP rM .snoisulcnoc s'eettimmoc-bus lanigiro eht ot erehda noissimmoc eht dednamed eH .sgnidnif reilrae eht nrutrevo ylevitceffe dluoc krow esohw eettimmoc-bus dnoces a gnitnioppa yltneuqesbus fo CE eht desucca eH .revo si noitagitsevni eht ,snoitadnemmocer eht sdlohpu ti fI .htnom siht gnilur lanif sti esaeler ot stcepxe ti taht detacidni sah tI .eettimmocbus dnoces eht fo snoitadnemmocer eht tcejer ro tpecca ot rehtehw ediced ot 8 tpeS litnu sah CE ehT .noisivid sesac noitcele s'truoC emerpuS eht ot ti timbus dna esac eht etidepxe ot CE eht denoititep yletarapes ,feihc ecilop tnatsissa remrof a ,weakaynaP bormahK neG tL loP yb del ,puorg 'srotanes evreser ehT .ecnedive dna stnialpmoc gniunitnoc etipsed truoc eht dehcaer ton dah esac eht tey ,noitcele etaneS 4202 eht ecnis dessap dah shtnom owt dna sraey owt naht erom dias puorg ehT .ytraP iahtiajmuhB gninrevog eht ot sknil evah ot dias meht fo ytirojam tsav eht ,srotanes gnittis 002 eht fo 831 dna sevitucexe ytrap lacitilop ,snaicitilop edulcni stcepsus 922 ehT .gnirednual yenom dna noitaicossa lanimirc fo snoitagella fo noitagitsevni ISD eht no ssergorp gnikees ,tnuparpliN nrokaP retsiniM emirP ytupeD dna lareneG-yenrottA eht fo eciffO ,noitagitsevnI laicepS fo tnemtrapeD eht denoititep osla tI .eettimmoc-bus tsrif eht fo sgnidnif lluf eht gnikees eemnooB gneawaS lareneg-yraterces CE ot redro truoc a dettimbus ,mahkaraS ahaM rof PM ytraP iahT uehP remrof a ,tumokiriS eetavalamusuK ,elihwnaeM .441 noitceS rednu noitca lagel eusrup dluoc sreywal reh dna ehs ,truoc ot meht timbus ot deliaf CE eht fi taht denraw dna elpoep 922 eht gninrecnoc ecnedive laicurc erew stnemucod eht dias ehS .duarf noitcele etaneS fo yniturcs sih morf gnimmets stnialpmoc noitamafed eerht secaf eh dias uhdnisarahcaW tiraP redael ytuped ytraP s'elpoeP ,yletarapeS lairotidE :stbuod llop dne tsum CE KEYWORDS Election commission of thailand Senate election 2024 Thailand political reform Pichit chaimongkol Senate election fraud investigation Thailand electoral process Bangkok post politics