The Cabinet approves the draft Royal Decree for the selection of senators. It is expected to come into effect on 11 May, before the selection date and application date are announced. Ready to approve the request for support from the central budget. It is a total operating expense of 227 million baht on April 23, 2024. Mr. Karom Phonphonklang, Deputy Spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, revealed that the Cabinet meeting (Cabinet) approved the draft Royal Decree in principle for selecting members of the Senate. Prof. …. which has the essence of allowing the selection of members of the Senate (Senators) according to Section 107 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand. Because the term of the Senate has expired, Mr. Karom It went on to say: The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, Section 269 (4), provides that the term of the Senate under this section is 5 years from the date of the Royal Decree of appointment. And there was a Royal Command announcing the appointment of senators on 11 May 2019. The term of the Senate has expired for 5 years and will expire on 10 May 2024, but he will still be in office to continue performing his duties. Until there is a new Senate member. When the term of the Senate expires To select Senators by enacting a Royal Decree in accordance with Section 107, paragraph five, of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand. which provides for the selection of Senators to be enacted as a Royal Decree and within 5 days from the date the Royal Decree comes into force. The Election Commission (EC) shall set the date for starting the selection process not later than 30 days from the date the said Royal Decree comes into effect. In order for the selection of Senators to be in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, Section 107, Paragraph Five, and the Organic Act on the Acquisition of Senators, B.E. 2018, Section 21, a draft Royal Decree has been prepared to provide for the selection of members. The Senate B.E. …. has been enacted, with the essence of selecting Senators and drafting a plan for managing the selection of Senators, within 5 days from the date of the Royal Decree requiring the selection of Senators to be enforced by the Election Commission. The date for starting the selection process will be set not later than 30 days from the date the Royal Decree comes into effect. The ECT has revealed the timeline as follows: Timeline for selecting S.R. 2024 on 11 May 2024. It is expected that the Royal Decree The selection of Senators will be effective on May 13, 2024. Announcement of selection date and application date is June 9, 2024. District level Senator selection date is set for June 16, 2024. Provincial level Senator selection date is set. 26 June 2024, set the date for selecting national senators, 2 July 2024, set the date for announcing the results of the selection. At the same time, the Cabinet also approved the request for support from the central budget. List of reserve funds for emergencies or necessity To be used as expenses in acquiring the Senators, a total of 227,105,500 baht, of which 100,949,700 baht is incurred by the ECT Office itself and 100,949,700 baht is the agency’s expense. Support 5 agencies, amount 126,155,800 baht, Deputy Government Spokesperson It was further stated that the Office of the Election Commission has been allocated a budget in terms of expenses for the acquisition of senators according to the draft Budget Act for fiscal year 2024 in the amount of 1,198,866,800 baht, but because the Office of the Election Commission has expenses for missions that need to be carried out before the Royal Decree is issued to select Senators, such as the dissemination of knowledge Public relations campaign regarding applicants’ qualifications Preparation for various matters Necessary related to the selection of Senators, another amount of 317,551,300 baht, including expenses incurred in acquiring the Senators, is a total of 1,516,418,100 baht, but the Election Commission’s office has only 90,445,800 baht remaining outside the budget, which when added to the allocated budget in fiscal year 2024, is still insufficient to carry out the above operations. There is still a shortfall of 227,105,500 baht. Therefore, in order for the process of obtaining senators to be smooth and efficient, the Election Commission requests budget support for the central budget expenditure. List of reserve funds for emergencies or necessity in the amount of 227,105,500 baht.
