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Senate poll fraud petition to court names 26 current senators, leaves out PM Anutin and Bhumjaithai
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- The Election Commission (EC) has forwarded an alleged Senate election collusion case to the Supreme Court, concerning the controversial June 2024 senatorial election.
- The EC's petition names 77 individuals, including 26 sitting senators, 36 failed candidates, and 15 others, linked to alleged voting coercion, vote buying, and money laundering.
- Notably, the petition excludes Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and other Bhumjaithai politicians, despite an earlier EC sub-committee linking them to the scandal.
- EC Chairman Narong Klanwarin explained that witness accounts against the excluded politicians were not credible, asserting the EC's independent criteria and decision-making.
- If the Supreme Court accepts the petition, the 26 accused senators face immediate suspension from duty and will be barred from running for office if found guilty.
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