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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Law reform advocate Yingcheep Atchanont of the group iLaw has been organizing public discussions on the importance of the Senate and workshops to help would-be applicants understand how the selection process works.
50% : Thailand on Monday officially kicked off the task of selecting a new set of Senators, a process that has become part of the ongoing war between progressive forces hoping for democratic political reforms and conservatives seeking to keep the status quo.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Thai officer waiting potential candidates to become members of Thailand's next Senate arrive at the Phaya Thai district office in Bangkok on Monday, May 20, 2024.
50% : (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Potential candidates to become members of Thailand's next Senate arrive at the Phaya Thai district office in Bangkok on Monday, May 20, 2024.Thailand on Monday officially kicked off the task of selecting a new set of Senators, a process that has become part of the ongoing war between progressive forces hoping for democratic political reforms and conservatives seeking to keep the status quo.
48% : BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand on Monday officially began the selection of new senators, a process that has become part of an ongoing war between progressive forces hoping for democratic political reforms and conservatives seeking to keep the status quo.
47% : Thailand on Monday officially kicked off the task of selecting a new set of Senators, a process that has become part of the ongoing war between progressive forces hoping for democratic political reforms and conservatives seeking to keep the status quo.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Unlike the elected lower house legislators, the senators will be chosen by their fellow applicants, competing in 20 categories such as occupation or social position, including women, the elderly and the disabled.
45% : They also have the power to select members of nominally independent regulatory bodies such as the Election Commission and the Constitutional Court, whose work has been widely seen as impeding efforts at political reform and crippling proponents with legal penalties, including prison.
43% : Thailand on Monday officially kicked off the task of selecting a new set of Senators, a process that has become part of the ongoing war between progressive forces hoping for democratic political reforms and conservatives seeking to keep the status quo.
43% : Thailand on Monday officially kicked off the task of selecting a new set of Senators, a process that has become part of the ongoing war between progressive forces hoping for democratic political reforms and conservatives seeking to keep the status quo.
40% : Purawich Watanasukh, a political science lecturer at Bangkok's Thammasat University, said he thinks the complicated rules were intentionally designed to reduce public participation.
39% : The selection process in the Constitution is so complicated and unclear that critics say it was deliberately designed to discourage public participation.

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