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and give approval for the list of candidates for the party-list basis by

appraising the candidates’ names and orders on the list as it sees appropriate
before submitting to political party leader to consider nominating the candidates,
subsequently. The adopted resolution of the executive board is final, incidentally.
The Election Commission was aware of its duties to be fulfilled immediately

and to enhance knowledge and understanding to every sector, thereby improving
its working to be in line with the Office’s missions and strategies by working
on and further extending co-operations with both private and government
sectors, integrally co-operating with associated entities, and continuously

networking through projects and activities that are relevant to public participation, –
not inclusively limited to eligible voters, political parties, and the Office’s officers.
The novel information technology (IT) was properly utilised in the Office’s
operation continuously and systematically; additionally, the organisational

communication was developed within and without. It included enhancement
of knowledge and understanding of democratic government with
the King as head of the state to the public. In addition, there was the
improvement of the Office’s website, – www.ect.go.th–, and development

of the applications, Smart Vote and Civic Education, giving information,
providing knowledge, and facilitating the public. The whistleblowing
channel was further provided for sceptical information of electoral frauds via
the Pineapple Eyes Application, as well as the channels for the inquiry

into legal information and for monitoring the Office’s operation via
hotline 1444. The process of investigation, inquiry, questioning, and
prosecution against offenders convicted of violation of election laws was,
furthermore, improved, and as well, there were amendment drafts of regulations,

relevant promulgations, and curriculum development for training investigation
and inquiry officers.
The Election Commission approved the Office’s Strategies which
had been reviewed and suggested by the Office of Election Commission,

coherently pursuing the 20 - year National Strategy, the National Security, –
the reform plan for the country in term of politics–, the 13th National
Economic and Social Development Plan (2023 - 2027), Master Plans under the
National Strategy (2018 - 2037), and some security issues; furthermore,

to be in line with the given duty that the Office was designated to execute
the Master Plans under the National Strategy, the objective of the sub-plan
(J.3), the Office, as a leading entity, co-ordinated and integrated the mutual
collaboration with the leading entities that were designated to execute the

sub-plans objectives, – (J.1) and (J.2)–, and associated agencies, in order

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