Activists Demand Election Commission Reconsider Senate Vote Ruling
Activists filed a formal complaint demanding the Election Commission reconsider its handling of the 2567 Senate election, alleging the agency helped cover up fraud by charging only 77 of 229 suspects and ignoring evidence of widespread irre
Activists demand election commission reconsider senate vote ruling. On September 25, 2569, reporters documented a large crowd gathering outside the Royal Civil Service Commission Building on Chaengwattana Road, home to the Election Commission office, from early morning. A six-wheel loudspeaker truck was deployed as activists launched speeches criticizing the Election Commission's work.
At 10:00 AM, Sandhi Limthongkul, a former leader of the People's Democratic Alliance, arrived with other network leaders including Pantep Pueapongphan, chairman of the Sovereign Foundation, Nitithorn Lamluea (Lawyer Nok Khao), Pichit Chaiyamongkol, and Nasser Yimma. They led supporters to the site to file an official complaint against the Election Commission. Security was tight, with officers from Tung Songhuang Police Station deployed both uniformed and undercover to maintain order and manage traffic around the building.
At 11:00 AM, the group formally submitted their complaint to an Election Commission representative. Sandhi delivered a closing speech summarizing the movement's direction before the crowd dispersed.
The complaint, filed in the name of "Unite the Nation, Reclaim Our Thailand," demands that the Election Commission fulfill its duties honestly and fairly and cease neglecting its responsibilities in the 2567 Senate election fraud case. The document alleges that the Senate selection process contained numerous irregularities and evidence of legal violations, including advance voter list manipulation, suspicious dress codes and hotel accommodations, financial flows, nominee candidate tactics to block votes, and political party interference amounting to an organized scheme.
However, the Election Commission majority allegedly twisted constitutional and legal intent, showing signs of helping the accused by severing evidence and filing charges against only 77 suspects, despite the first investigative committee assembling evidence and accusations against 229 individuals. The group also faults the Election Commission for ignoring Supreme Court case law standards on structural evidence, forensic evidence, and phone records, and for overlooking connections between the alleged scheme and three witnesses whose testimony shifted, effectively implicating the Commission as complicit in election fraud.
The group demands the Election Commission immediately and completely reconsider its ruling using Supreme Court standards and refer all 229 accused to the Supreme Court for candidate disqualification and criminal prosecution under Section 62 of the Constitution on Senate acquisition. Should the Election Commission continue to neglect its duty, the civil network will file a formal complaint for legal proceedings against the agency.
