Five Senators File Ethics Complaint Against Election Commissioner
Five senators from the blue group have filed a complaint with Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission accusing Election Commissioner Sitti Chot Inthawiwat of leaking confidential details from the senate vote‑buying case and breaching strict ethics rules. They allege he revealed voting specifics, witness analysis and case files, undermining the commission’s confidentiality and showing disrespect for the majority’s decision. The senators urge the NACC to investigate whether his actions constitute unethical conduct and misconduct under the Constitution.
Five blue-group senators filed a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) against Election Commissioner Sitti Chot Inthawiwat, accusing him of leaking confidential information from the senate vote‑buying case and violating serious ethics standards. The complaint was lodged at 10:00 a.m. on October 5, 2026, at the NACC office, led by Lieutenant Colonel Kob Ananakatithi, a senator, who submitted the names of five senators. They alleged that Sitti Chot disclosed the details of the vote on the case item by item, identified the minority election commissioner, explained his reasoning, and included analysis of witnesses and evidence from the case file. This amounted to revealing confidential NACC deliberations and decisions, showing a lack of respect for the majority’s ruling. The senators warned that the disclosed information could cause damage or unfairness to those accused, the majority election commissioners, witnesses, or others, and questioned whether his media statements were accurate, complete, and undistorted, especially regarding vote tallies, the reasoning of both majority and minority commissioners, the scope of the investigation, financial trails, and comparisons with official meeting minutes, case files, and rulings. The complaint stressed that ethical standards require election commissioners to act fairly, independently, impartially, without fear of improper influence, social pressure, or unlawful pressure, while upholding public rights and freedoms, preserving meeting confidentiality, respecting majority decisions, and providing factual information to the public and media without distortion. It noted that the duty of confidentiality does not mean that every part of the deliberations can be disclosed, nor that individual commissioners may reveal internal details without limits; legal boundaries, regulations, and organizational resolutions set the dividing line. The senators asked the NACC to accept the complaint and investigate whether Sitti Chot’s conduct violated ethics standards and constituted misconduct.
