A time when politics was still a difficult decision. I would like to invite you to talk about the origins of the Senate, originally based on the 1997 constitution that has since been torn up. Senators come from the election. According to the demands of the people’s constitution, the selection of senators and MPs is different. Members of Parliament must belong to a political party, but senators cannot belong to a political party. or have resigned from political party membership for 1 year. On the election application day, there are people interested in running for election. The first direct senator from many career fields, civil servants, military, police, private sector, citizens, independent politicians, NGOs. The conclusion is that people who receive support from the political sector, big houses, influential people, will mostly be selected to be part of the system. The canvass is no different from the first election of 200 members of the House of Representatives on March 4, 2000. It was quite crowded. Some senators are already old. Some did not complete their term, some resigned, some died. There had to be regular by-elections. When there was a constitution in 2007, we came up with new rules, electing one senator from each province, and the rest from recruitment until 150 people were reached. Elections for MPs began to have a system of MPs. Roster or in proportion to be consistent with the selection of senators in that era, the selection committee The Senate consists of President of the Constitutional Court, President of the Election Commission, President of the Ombudsman, President of the NACC, President of the National Audit Committee, representatives from Supreme Court judges. Its duty is to select individuals nominated from various organizations from the government, academic, private, and professional sectors, and then come and amend the constitution. The Prime Minister must come from the House of Representatives. In 2011, during the Abhisit Vejjajiva government, the election mechanism was created. The new House of Representatives was formed until 2014, with the seizure of power by the NCPO revoking the 2007 constitution, the interim constitution. To recruit senators, causing almost half of the number of senators to come from direct recruitment. and there was a call for public participation Until there was a constitution in 2017, according to the transitional provisions, there was a selection of 250 senators to serve in the first 5 years. Senators come from NCPO recruitment through 3 channels, namely by selection positions from 10 professional groups and the selection committee. with Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan as chairman, selecting 400 people, the NCPO narrowed it down to 194 people, but after 5 years there will be only one channel left, which is to open applications for those who wish to be Senators from various professional groups Currently, there are 20 groups. Applicants will select among themselves at the sub-district, district and province levels and then select 200 people among themselves, from having the people choose directly to having the applicants choose among the people. Therefore, there was no participation from the recruitment to the introduction and selection process, which means that the 2017 Constitution had seized electoral power. The senator has already left the people. The origin of Senators, whether from recruiting themselves or those with recruiting authority Or how different will the selection committee be if the people were not involved in the first place? It depends on who chooses. Then who can be chosen to act as a senator or an elderly person? And what is the purpose of having a senator? Iron fist mudlek@thairath.co.th Click to read the column. “Keep your child in your mouth” more
