Today, July 11, 200 Thai Senators elected in the Senate election on June 26 began registering and appearing at the Senate headquarters, the first steps in the process of transferring power between the previous Senate, with most members appointed, and the new Senate, which is elected.
The registration and appearance of Senators were conducted on July 11, 12 and 15. Previously, on the evening of July 10, the Royal Gazette of Thailand announced the official list of 200 Senators after the Senate election held on June 26.
The announcement of the official list of Senators was carried out after the National Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) reviewed dozens of complaints and lawsuits related to the list of 200 Senators.
Accordingly, a Senator from the media group, elected in the election on June 26, was suspended by the ECT and a delegate from the reserve list from the media group with the highest number of votes was promoted by the ECT to the official list of 200 Senators.
With 3 election rounds, including district level on June 9, provincial level on June 16 and national level on June 26, the Thai Senate election with 46,715 qualified candidates running for the Senate position elected 200 Senators.
The Thai Senate election is considered one of the elections with a very complicated voting system, because candidates vote for each other in groups and then cross-vote among 20 occupational groups: (1) administrative career; order, security; (2) law and justice; (3)education ; (4) health; (5) farming and agriculture; (6) gardening, forestry, fishing; (7) company employees, hired workers; (8) environmental protection, planning, real estate, energy; (9) entrepreneurs of small and medium enterprises; (10) other occupations in group 9; (11) entrepreneurs or those working in tourism; (12) entrepreneurs working in industry; (13) people working in science and technology; (14) women; (15) the elderly, the disabled, ethnic minorities; (15) culture, arts, entertainment; (17) social groups, social organizations; (18) media groups; (19) freelance groups; and (20) other professions.
This is the second term of the Thai Senate since Thailand's latest Constitution in 2017.
This Senate will not be allowed to participate in electing the Prime Minister like the first session established in 2019. However, Senate members still retain the right to supervise the government, participate in questioning sessions, pass legislative bills and appoint members of powerful judicial bodies in Thailand, such as the Constitutional Court, the Anti-Corruption Commission, the National Election Commission, and the State Audit Commission.
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