The Constitutional Court rules unanimously the organic bill for the selection of senators is legal. (Bangkok Post file photo)The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled the bill on the selection of senators passed by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) is legal. All court judges agreed that the bill did not violate the 2017 constitution, the court said. The centre of the problem was clauses that allow for senate candidates to propose themselves, organisations to field candidates for selection, and require intra-group selection among candidates instead of cross-group voting. The court confirmed in its judgement on Wednesday that the clauses were in line with the constitution.

Source: Bangkok Post May 23, 2018 10:41 UTC