Senate panel finishes vetting NBTC candidates
A Senate panel has completed its re-examination of the qualifications of the 44 candidates for seats on the National Broadcasting and Telecom-munications Commission (NBTC).
Senator Somchai Sawaeng-karn said the panel had submitted the result on Tuesday to the Senate chairman.
The Senate is tasked with selecting 11 NBTC commissioners from this list of 44 |by Monday.
If it fails to meet that deadline, the Frequency Allocation Law authorises the Cabinet |to step in to nominate the 11 commissioners for the new watchdog, which is to replace the National Broadcasting Commission.
Meanwhile, failed candidate Suranan Wongvithaya-kamjorn is expected to appeal this week to the Supreme Administrative Court against the Central Administrative Court's ruling on his case last week.
Suranan had complained to the Central Administrative Court that the process of selecting candidates with economic backgrounds, the area of expertise in which he contended, was unlawful, but the court disagreed.
There are at least three |legal complaints by failed |candidates against the selection process awaiting rulings by the Central Administrative Court.
