Forty-one applicants contested to be members of the revamped electoral agency, which has five vacancies as the previous commissioners’ tenures were terminated following the new organic law governing the body. The organic law required that the EC selection process be completed within 90 days after the law became effective -- by around mid-December. In the meantime, the outgoing commissioners have been acting in a caretaker capacity. The 15 qualified candidates are:– Issaree Hansacharoonroj, Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin– Pracha Terat, former governor of Chon Buri province. – Takorn Tanthasit, secretary-general of the Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission– Ruangwit Kadesuwan, former dean of Chaiyaphum Rajabhat University– Suntud Sirianuntapiboon, environmental science professor at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thon Buri– Chompan Pongcharoen Sutheerachat, legal consultant at Worawisit Co Ltd– Chaiwat Prachongchai, board member of the Lawyers Council– Mungkorn Charoenphol, an independent lawyer– Sawai Chitpien, an independent lawyer– Prayad Senwiratch, president of the Consumer Rights Protection Association– Nitwadee Jeerarojphiny, ex-director of Watprasriarn School in Ratchaburi and currently professor at Western University– Thongchai Chanchaeng, former director of Ban Pueai School in Si Sa Ket– Laddawan Tantiwittayapitak, former secretary-general of the Law Reform Commission of Thailand– Thongsuk Duangbupha, president of the National Anti-Corruption Network– Somsri Han-anantasuk, committee member of the Friends of Women Foundation, the Democracy Foundation, and the Cross Cultural Foundation.

Source: The Nation Bangkok December 04, 2017 13:30 UTC