PEOPLE’S leader Nattapong Ruangpanyawut said in front of iLaw office in Ladprao, which has arranged a rally at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BAAC) this evening (Sep. 13), that he and everyone else present are attending the event simply as private citizens to pile pressure on the Election Commission (EC) to forward the names of all 229 suspects in the 2024 senatorial rigging conspiracy to the Supreme Court when the agency makes its decision tomorrow morning as scheduled, PPTVHD36 and Amarin TV said.
He stated that it is the duty of citizens to make their voices heard as loudly as possible, especially given that this case is the biggest fraud scandal in Thai political history. The public cannot remain passive if the matter is dropped without anyone facing accountability for what occurred.
Earlier former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn said his current successors might probably opt on the upcoming Monday to press charges in the Supreme Court against at least six out of the total 22 Bhumjaithai partisan figures either currently being ministers or lawmakers or executive board members for their having been evidently involved one way or another in the vote-buying, bloc-vote rigging shenanigans alongside 70-plus out of the total 138 suspected senators who had landed questionable “victories” in the complicated, triple-tiered races to parliament two years ago, thanks to the conspiracy designed, masterminded and manipulated by those attached to or associated with the Bhumjaithai, core of the current coalition government.
Nattapong said the primary goal today was to demonstrate collective strength with this not being an attempt to pressure specific individuals, but rather an exercise of rights protected by the Constitution, allowing citizens to make straightforward demands.
Publicly available evidence suggests to the average citizen that fraud may have occurred or that the Senate election process was dishonest. Consequently, the group aims to urge the polling agency to proceed with transparency and move forward with indicting the suspected senators.
On whether this mobilisation could pressure the government, Nattapong observed that the current system of checks and balances lacks a direct link to the people. The election commissioners were selected by the Senate, while the senators themselves emerged from an election process plagued by suspicions of fraud.
Upon arriving at BAAC, Nattapong said that the polling agency intends to disclose only the number of individuals involved, not their names tomorrow.
When asked about a post on X platform by Pheu Thai’s former deputy prime minister-cum-interior minister Phumtham Wechayachai suggesting that issues like the senate election collusion case would have been resolved long ago if People’s Party had voted for their prime minister candidate instead of Bhumjaithai leader and current Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul last September, Nattapong replied that the demands being voiced today were not made in the capacity of political party representatives, nor were they directed at any specific political party.
These demands were being raised to seek a scrutiny process accountable to the public and inspire trust, he underscored.
The evidence currently in the public domain provides credible grounds to believe that the Senate election process involved collusion and fraud and the remaining course of action for the EC was to submit the list of 229 individuals to the court for a ruling on who was right and who wrong, he added.
At BACC, preparations were underway for a final show of force — led by iLaw Executive Director Yingcheep Atchanont — with the event centering on a single demand: “Prosecute all 229 suspects” involved in the collusion, with no exceptions.
Although a group marching from Lat Phrao, led by Yingcheep, had not yet arrived by 2.30 p.m., activity booths of civil society networks and a stage were already being set up. Additionally, tarps were laid out on the ground in front BAAC to symbolically form the number “229.”
According to the event schedule, a diagram illustrating the connections between the 229 individuals involved in the Senate election fraud case would be unveiled at 4.40 p.m. This was to be followed by the “iLaw Open Floor” session and formation of the number “229” by participants, sending a message to EC that all suspects must be prosecuted without exception.
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Top and Front Page – Rally at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre today, Sep. 13, 2026. Photo – PPTVHD36
First insert – People’s leader Nattapong Ruangpanyawut. Photo – PPTVHD36
Second insert – The number 229 formed on the ground in front of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. Photo – PPTVHD36
Third insert – People MP Parit Wacharasindhu at the rally site. Photo – PPTVHD36
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