Senate candidacy registration deadline set

The application deadline for those interested in running in the Senate election is set for May 13, three days after the current senators complete their terms.

Today, the Cabinet agreed to the timeline for the election, which has been criticised as being overly complex as proposed by the Election Commission (EC), and an additional 227 million baht from the Central Fund for the EC to stage the Senate elections on top of about Bt1.2 billion allocated to the EC for the election purposes, said Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

Twenty professional groups are eligible to apply for candidacy. These include:

1. Civil service
2. Judicial system
3. Law enforcement
4. Education
5. Medicine
6. Agriculture
7. Private sector employees
8. Real estate
9. Environment
10. Energy
11. Public utilities
12. SMEs
13. Tourism and hotels
14. Elderly people and ethnic groups
15. Entertainment and the arts
16. Women’s groups
17. Freelance
18. Media
19. Sport
20. Literature

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