Election 2026: Ruangkrai has filed a lawsuit against the Election Commission at the Administrative Court, requesting an order to suspend the referendum voting on 8 February, citing improper questions and non-compliance with the Constitutional Court's ruling.
At 08:00 on 4 February 2026, at the Central Administrative Court, Mr. Ruangkrai Likitjawan, a candidate for Member of Parliament (MP) in Bangkok from the Palang Pracharath Party, arrived to file a lawsuit against the Election Commission (EC), seeking a court judgment to annul the referendum scheduled for 8 February and to order the EC to return the referendum matter to Parliament for correction to align with the binding provisions of Constitutional Court ruling No. 18/2025, through the Cabinet. He also requested the court to set temporary relief measures before the judgment by ordering the EC to suspend the entire referendum process nationwide on 8 February.
Ruangkrai stated the reason for filing the lawsuit: Upon reviewing the Constitutional Court ruling No. 18/2025 regarding amendments or drafting a new constitution, Parliament must approve the referendum question using the wording "approve whether it is appropriate to have a new constitution." However, the parliamentary resolution, according to the urgent letter No. S.P. 0014/13808 dated 12 December 2025 from the Secretariat of the House of Representatives concerning the first referendum to approve drafting a new constitution, states that the meeting resolved to approve forwarding all five urgent motions to the Cabinet to proceed with the referendum according to legal procedures. The question used was proposed by Mr. Chusak Sirinil, asking whether people agree to draft a new constitution. It is clear that the parliamentary resolution used the phrase "agree" rather than "approve," which does not comply with the Constitutional Court's ruling, and no correction was made.
Therefore, the referendum question set by the EC is not in accordance with Parliament's resolution. The EC's notification for me to vote in the referendum is not a lawful administrative order by a state official—whether a regulation, order, or other action—because it was made without authority, beyond authority, or unlawfully, or did not follow the essential form, procedure, or method required by law, as per Section 9 of the Administrative Court Procedure Act B.E. 2542 (1999). I am therefore a person who suffers or may suffer unavoidable harm from the EC's action or omission, so I request the court to issue the order as requested.