Thanathorn’s group doesn’t care about the Election Commission threatening to invite further applications for Senate, mocking their fear of the Senate. There’s a lot of oranges. Confirmed that it is not related to the Senate 67 website.

The “Thanathorn group” is undeterred and continues to invite people to run for parliament after the Election Commission announced a ban on persuading “Chor”. They are confident that the law will not be wrong. It is believed that the Election Commission targeted the Senate 67 website and fled and was not involved in the campaign. Look at the applicants Claimed to have heard that many senators were afraid of Orange. So there was an attempt to be weird. Website creators petition the court to stop the Election Commission from overusing its power.

Today (26 April) Ms. Pannika Wanich, former party list MP. Future Forward Party and spokesman for the Faculty of Progress Gave an interview about the case at the Election Commission Office Issued an announcement that it is not possible to motivate or invite people to apply to become senators, saying that this matter must be clearly separated into what exactly the Election Commission is doing. Today there are 2 sets of movements from the Election Commission. The first set is the issuance of regulations. Election Commission regarding the introduction of senatorial candidates by this regulation He read it and was relieved that it was consistent with what the President of the Election Commission had said that the campaign inviting people to apply for senators from the Progress Party was not illegal. Because they do the same thing as the Election Commission, which is to invite people to participate in politics. The regulations clearly show that you can have an assistant introduce yourself. This is similar to a campaign assistant in the case of MPs.

“As for regulations, there are no problems. There may be restrictions on online introductions. But the overall picture when reading the regulations We felt that there was no problem or impact on the campaign. especially the campaign People’s Senator of the Progress Party,” Ms. Pannika said.

Ms. Pannika also said that at the same time The Election Commission also issued another announcement posted on Facebook. It is clearly stated that the grouping of identities on the website is incorrect. The Election Commission has already collected the information. It is said in such a way as to stop the action. If it is not stopped it will be considered illegal. Which, if made clear, is “It is not a campaign of the Progress Party,” but the Election Commission is targeting the Senate 67 website, which is a website of the public sector. It has nothing to do with the Progressive Faculty. Just when we campaign for people to apply for Senate, we recommend that they show themselves on this website. Because it is open data (Open source), the public can go and see who is there. So that people can do their homework first. It is considered a tool that provides convenience to the people.

“When the Election Commission posts a Facebook post like this. The first question is that even though it has no impact on the Progressive Party, what power does the Election Commission use? Because in the regulations of the Election Commission that came out on the same day There is nothing that says that Senate 67 is prohibited. It cannot be interpreted as to which regulations the Senate 67 website violates. This then causes further questions to be raised about whether the Election Commission has brought new powers to enforce,” Ms. Pannika said, adding that we must ask the Election Commission out loud what is wrong because the regulations do not prohibit it. But came back and announced it on Facebook.

Ms. Pannika said she did not know that it was posted on Facebook. How is it legally enforceable? Even though it is the Election Commission’s social media, I think the Election Commission must have a clear answer on this matter. And most importantly The Election Commission itself is responsible for facilitating citizens’ participation in politics in the election process. Or recruiting people for political positions every time? Senate 67 doesn’t take sides with anyone. It is a website that anyone who wishes to apply to become The senator was able to go in and present himself to everyone. It only provides convenience to the people. If the Election Commission says it is against the law, they will think that this is political intent.

Miss Pannika Ask if there are any concerns. What political groups will benefit from this website? So there was an attempt to prevent it. It turned out that Election Commission itself or not? who tried to play politics with this matter

When asked whether or not it was to castrate people who wished to apply or not. Ms. Pannika said, of course. He had heard rumors that there was a lot of concern about the orange color. He was not quite sure what exactly the color orange was. But there is concern that they will soon get a lot of them and they are trying to find a way to block them. By giving a red card to these people Which is impossible because the matter has not happened yet. Therefore, some strange attempts were made. In order to make what is legal become illegal. along with emphasizing that the campaign of the Progress Party is still continuing. Because there’s nothing illegal about it. It is just an invitation for the public to apply. And if Senate 67 is wrong, can the Election Commission have a system to support the public to view the applicant information? Because it was seen that there were estimates that there would be 300,000 applicants.

When asked if she was worried that no one would sign Senate Bill 67, Ms. Pannika said she doubted that it might be the true intention of issuing the announcement on Facebook. That is, they want applicants to be afraid and worried, to withdraw their names and not add more names.

“I don’t know what to be afraid of. But clearly he’s afraid. Even though there is no law to support it. But there must have been some kind of psychological operation to make people afraid and withdraw their names. and did not sign additional names,” Ms. Pannika said.

As for what to do next? Ms. Pannika said that on behalf of the Progressive Group, we will continue to move forward. And you would have to ask the creator of the Senate 67 website, which is a civil society organization. On the side of those in charge of this website, they should fight to the end. which has many channels Either asking directly to the Election Commission or filing a lawsuit with the Administrative Court. I think we should do it. Because independent organizations should not be allowed to give in to power. To do something that goes beyond the law