“Seree” urges the Election Commission to defuse conflict and expedite approval of new Senate

Bangkok, "Seree" reiterates that the old senators will have their duties ended when the new senators come in. He urges the Election Commission to defuse the conflict and approve the new senators as soon as possible. He does not agree with interfering with the power of independent organizations. He points out that the time has come for the old senators to learn their lessons. Mr. Seri Suwanphanon, Senator, mentioned the case where the new senators came out to state that, out of courtesy, the old senators should have stopped performing their duties, saying that the old senators were just doing their duties and should not have stopped because they had to consider pending matters and follow legal procedures. The law allows us to stay as long as we want, and he believes that the Election Commission (EC) will not be slow in approving the new senators. Therefore, the old senators will do their duties within the time they have, which is in accordance with the timeframe. When the EC approves the new senators, the ol d senators will have finished their duties. Therefore, he sees that the new senators must urge the EC to approve them quickly and not worry about what the old senators will do, and the old senators should not worry about what the new senators will do. "We are all adults now. We all have to be careful about what we say," said Mr. Seri. When asked whether he personally agreed with the motion proposed by Senator Somchai Saengkaew to review lessons learned from the election of a new set of senators, Seri said that he personally had not seen the details of the motion to determine what would be proposed. He also disagreed with the senators interfering in the exercise of power by the EC because if they wanted to review lessons learned from the election of a new set of senators, they would not be able to do so in time because time had run out. When asked if it might be seen that the old senators wanted to buy time, Mr. Seri said that people can think whatever they want, but we don't want to think that much or it w ill be like they are going their own way. If we look at the agenda, we should not consider any matter related to the power and duty of the independent organization, the EC, because it violates Section 58 and Section 76 of the Organic Act on the Acquisition of Senators and Section 129, Paragraph 4 of the Constitution, which are the legal texts that prevent senators from interfering in the exercise of power and duty of independent organizations. However, I think the EC will do its job. We must allow the EC to be independent in performing its duties. 'The important thing is that there should not be any images of quarrels between the old and new senators because all parties and everyone must perform their duties according to the law. When there is a new set of senators, the old set will be gone, which will not take long. The important thing is that right now there are many different opinions and conflicts. It is a conflict that should not have happened. Therefore, the way to defuse these conflicts is for the EC to quickly examine and approve the new set of senators. All parties will then be able to comply with the legal system,' said Mr. Seri. Source: Thai News Agency