Piphat Denies Bhumjaithai Role in Senate Vote Rigging

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Deputy Prime Minister Piphat Ratchakitprakan denied Bhumjaithai Party involvement in Senate vote rigging following an Election Commission decision not to prosecute party executives.

•Deputy Prime Minister Piphat Ratchakitprakan confirmed on September 15, 2026, that Bhumjaithai Party had no part in Senate vote rigging.
•The Election Commission resolved not to prosecute the party's executive committee members.
•The government is prepared to provide factual explanations if the opposition raises the issue in a no-confidence debate.
•Somkiat Liangprasit, father of Deputy Interior Minister Worasit Liangprasit, is among those the Election Commission decided to prosecute.

Overview

•Pipat Ratchakitprakan stated on September 15, 2026, at the Government House that Bhumjaithai Party was not involved in Senate vote rigging.
•The statement followed a resolution by the Election Commission not to prosecute the executive committee of Bhumjaithai Party.
•Piphat Ratchakitprakan argued that personal relationships between politicians and others do not imply support or assistance in the Senate election process.
•Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, has consistently maintained that Bhumjaithai Party cannot interfere in Senate elections because senators do not belong to political parties.
•Piphat Ratchakitprakan has not yet spoken with Worasit Liangprasit regarding the prosecution of Somkiat Liangprasit.
•Piphat Ratchakitprakan has not discussed the Election Commission's resolution with Anutin Charnvirakul because Anutin Charnvirakul was on a mission in Vietnam.
•Piphat Ratchakitprakan expressed no concern over the opposition's intent to bring the case to a no-confidence debate, asserting the government is ready to explain based on facts.

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Key Entities

Person

Piphat Ratchakitprakan(พิพัฒน์ รัชกิจประการ)

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport

Anutin Charnvirakul(อนุทิน ชาญวีรกูล)ℹ️

Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, and leader of Bhumjaithai Party

Somkiat Liangprasit(สมเกียรติ เลียงประสิทธิ์)

Father of Worasit Liangprasit and an individual the Election Commission decided to prosecute

Worasit Liangprasit(วรศิษฎ์ เลียงประสิทธิ์)

Deputy Minister of Interior

Organization

Bhumjaithai Party(พรรคภูมิใจไทย)ℹ️

A political party denied involvement in Senate vote rigging

Election Commission(คณะกรรมการการเลือกตั้ง)

The body that resolved not to prosecute Bhumjaithai Party executives but prosecuted other individuals

Place

Government House(ทำเนียบรัฐบาล)ℹ️

The location where Piphat Ratchakitprakan gave his confirmation

Vietnam(เวียดนาม)ℹ️

The country where Anutin Charnvirakul was performing duties as an honorary minister