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to this struggle such as the coup, social and economic disparity, 1. The limitations of the election monitoring in
and failure of national reform by politicians and government Thailand are divided into 4 categories.
officials. It is also obvious that the reinforcement of the law is
inefficient to assure the political intention for the people, the owner 1.1 Authority of the election monitoring complied
of the sovereignty, interrupting the development of democracy in with the election law falling only to the Election Committee:
Thailand. As a result, there is a need to establish the knowledge Besides the authority of arranging an election, the
on an election monitoring for the people to rely on in Democratic Election Committee plays a role in election monitoring to prevent
Representative. the misconducts or violations of the law. The Election Committee
This study aims to examine the election monitoring called has been established at the same time as other independent
“Objection of the electoral results by electors”. It may become a organizations with the Constitution (2540 B.E). Despite the
solution for monitoring an election in Thailand. The study includes amendment of the Constitution (2550 B.E), the role with an
the analysis of the Act, the Court Sentences, and many academic absolute authority by the Election Committee has been the
studies in Thailand and other countries. The findings are to show same. There are two durations of the authority by the Election
the limitations of the current election monitoring in Thailand as well Committee.
as to make suggestions to improve the election monitoring in the Before an election, the Election Committee can initiate
near future. the investigation without an objection from a candidate or voter.
To understand the purposes of this study clearly, Even though there is an objection, the authority to determine the
“Limitations of the Election Monitoring in Thailand” and “Conditions objection falls to the Election Committee. It means that the Election
in Establishing the Efficient Election Monitoring Complied with the Committee will investigate the case and make a final decision.
Law” must be considered. A voter or candidate cannot petition the Election Committee on
the decision. Without the same structure as the judicial system,
the rights and liberty as well as the transparency of the system
cannot be consistent with that in the judicial system; however,
the decision made by the Election Committee is final similar to
that in the judicial system. It is obvious that the authority given
