The Election Commission (EC) officially certified 500 Members of Parliament (MPs) today. The commission will investigate the corruption complaints against some MPs later, and the MPs who are found guilty will be dismissed from their position.
At 3pm today, June 19, the Secretary-General of the EC, Sawaeng Boonmee, announced during the press conference that the EC had officially approved the election result of 400 constituency MPs and 100 party-list MPs.
Sawaeng explained that the EC certified the MPs despite the corruption complaints lodged against certain MPs because the investigation into the complaints could not complete within the legal period which stated that the EC must announce the election result within 60 days after the election day.
Sawaeng went on to explain…
