(Bangkok Post File Photo)A reserve senator has petitioned the attorney-general to expedite the investigation into alleged collusion in the 2024 Senate selection. A meeting of investigators on Feb 5 this year resolved to proceed with the probe and summon reserve senators who had filed complaints to give statements, he said. The final vote in the three-stage Senate election on June 26, 2024 produced highly unusual results, notably a disproportionate number of winners from provinces where the Bhumjaithai Party is strong electorally. An Election Commission subcommittee on March 13 voted to clear all 229 suspects in the high-profile collusion case, prompting many calls for the commission to disclose its reasoning. Reserve senators had petitioned unsuccessfully for him to be removed after a photograph surfaced showing him fraternising with Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the Bhumjaithai Party leader.

Source: Bangkok Post April 04, 2026 14:17 UTC