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by a unanimous vote of the Selection Committee for the
Election Commissioners or by the vote of not less than

two-thirds of the General Meeting of the Supreme Court
of Justice.

CHALLENGES AND PERFORMANCE

To identify challenges and performance of the Election

Commission of Thailand, the following elements have been taken into
account: the main aim to establish the Election Commission as part of the

power structure of the country and the outcome, in reality, occurring as
a consequence of the performance of the Election Commission for nearly
20 years. The challenges and performance of the Election Commission

of Thailand can accordingly be identified as follows:

1. The ability to manage the elections to achieve the acquisition of

members of parliament as stipulated by the Constitution.

The Election Commission of Thailand not only holds the

authority and responsibility to enable honest and fair elections. It also has
executive, legislative, and quasi-judicial powers. These include the power

to adjudicate election disputes, to order re-election (yellow cards), and to
revoke the right of suffrage (red cards) to offending electoral candidates.
are within the authorities of the Election Commission. If the Commission

exercises its powers before the announcement of the election results,
the first paragraph of Article 239 of the Constitution also gave them the

authority of final judgment.