Thanathorn" invites Thai people to apply for "People's Senate". Ask for the most, the better. No need to wait another 5 years to fight the votes to establish - unlock the new constitution. Mr. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, Chairman of the Progressive Committee , announced the launch of the 'People's Senators' campaign of the Progressive Committee, saying that the Progressive Committee sees the importance of the Senate elections in the coming months of May-June. Therefore, I would like to invite fellow citizens to come together and run for Senate, which goes back to the 2019 elections of this government. with many proposed constitutional amendments Because the opposition at that time saw that This constitution There are problems with democratic legitimacy, starting from the origin, content, and process. Therefore, various draft amendments have often been pushed into the 62nd Parliament, along with examples that have been compiled and sorted through past attempts to amend the constitution. which has only one constitutional amendment draft that received sufficient approval votes It will lead to amending the constitution. is the draft amendment dated 10 September 2021 to amend the election system. By changing from the system in 2019 to the system used in 2023. But all constitutional amendments that have the main idea of ??power or important points did not receive support from The current Senate has unlocked the lock, turned off the switch, and amended the entire constitution. or local unlocking Mr. Thanathorn discussed the differences in the selection. The current group of senators who provide various organizations and associations In that career is the nominee to select among themselves, unlike the set of senators who are about to be elected that allows people to apply themselves in their own professional fields "If you let the choice Senators come from a group of people with little memory, as has happened in past selections of senators. There is an opportunity to make Senate agrees with constitutional amendmen t It is almost impossible,' Thanathorn said. Therefore, to amend the constitution, we need 1/3 of the votes of all 200 senators. That is, we need Senators who support the constitutional amendment of at least 70 people will be able to amend the 2017 constitution, thus leading Thailand to the path to democracy. In addition, the Senate is also very important to the development of Thai politics. For example, in the 2019 election, the Election Commission (EC) took a long time to officially announce the election results. and there has been a change in the formation of the government through a calculation formula List of MPs which later resulted in Citizens join together to sign more than 900,000 signatures to impeach the Election Commission. "The judgment of Election Commission that day It's like a silent coup. By changing the proportion of the number of factions that inherit power and the side that opposes the succession of power Just the decision to change the calculation formula itself. without anyone stoppin g it No one can compete,' Mr. Thanathorn said. Mr. Thanathorn also gave an example of the case when the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) inspected the watch of General Prawit Wongsuwan, leader of the Phalang Pracharat Party. who was the Deputy Prime Minister at that time, which took more than a year for the NACC to decide to dismiss the appeal in this case with a ratio of 5 to 3 by saying General Prawit's watch was borrowed from a friend. General Prawit does not own it. Ready to ask the question: "Diagnosis of NACC is a political benefit and assistance. To enable General Prayut to maintain power and survive, right? Mr. Thanathorn spoke about the many powers and rights of the NACC, such as the disqualification of politicians for life. Along with giving an example in the case of Ms. Pannika. who have been disqualified and the case that the NACC is moving forward with investigating 44 MPs of the Progressive Party on charges of unethical conduct Member of Parliament from submitting an amendment to the Criminal Law, Section 112, asking the question: NACC uses these cases Let's bully politicians who do not act as they see fit or not?' in the past 'We want Thai society to live together in harmony. It must be fair. If there is no fairness People cannot live together in harmony. If we want politics to return to normal I want politics to be in a democratic way. People believe in the parliamentary system. The only way to recover is to make all organizations involved in the justice process, including the police, prosecutors, courts, correctional institutions, and various independent organizations Come back and stand on justice. Firmly based on fairness This is the starting point for Thailand to restore democracy. and Thai people can live together in harmony If there is no fairness There was no reconciliation. And it will make those who believe in social change use other methods. We therefore believe that change through Parliament is the best way. and the most peaceful,' Mr. Thanathorn said. Mr. Thanathorn also m entioned the power to establish various independent organizations of the Senate that if any independent organization or position in any independent organization Expires before July '72, this Senate will have the power to appoint that committee to replace it. 'When the knots are so tangled and tied together that we don't know where to start, we can unravel this knot if we have people's senators, senators who adhere to democracy. He understands that this is a very high demand. Because people must pay 2,500 baht, but if those with potential If we don't take action in this matter, we will get the same type of senators and there will be even more people who will become independent senators, therefore having to rely on the strength of the people. Because if we can't push Amendments to the Constitution are progressive. In another 5 years, it probably won't happen," Thanathorn said. Mr. Thanathorn then answered questions from the media. In the case where someone complains to the Ombudsman Verify that the selection of Senators does not have guidelines to prevent harassment. Mr. Thanathorn said that he could not confirm clearly. But what I know comes from visiting other provinces. Villagers also brought information that they were being persuaded. For example, right now the price is 15,000 + 2,500 baht per person, that is, the salary is 15,000 baht plus the application fee is 2,500 baht. As for the provincial level, It is in the hundreds of thousands at this time, which cannot be confirmed in fact. But it is a statement from the people. For the case of Mr. Somchai Sawangkarn, Senator, he viewed that the campaign of Kao Kai It is considered a scam. Mr. Thanathorn sees that we are campaigning for as many people to apply as possible. 'Who will you choose? It's his business. We invite you to apply for as many career groups and as many districts so that people who have established will not be able to send their own people into the process Because if there are no independent people coming in at all It means that whoever sets it up, they all enter because there is no competition,' Mr. Thanathorn said. As for the case where there is a senior police officer, Saosai, a member of the NACC. Linking the generals is a failure of independent organizations. And whether the appointing person is recruiting or not, Mr. Thanathorn said that, of course, if it were like this. Clearly, there are problems with acquiring directors in independent organizations. Regarding the actual process, it is confirmed that if various independent organizations take control and judge fairly, Adhering to principles for the past 10 years, believing that Thailand is better than this. shows that There are problems in acquiring directors and independent organizations. And that will cause no problems. You have to talk to the person who has the authority to make the appointment. The hand used to certify is because it is not a member of parliament or a political party, but a senator..-312- Source: Thai News Agency