The Thammasat Alliance, in unison with student networks from nine universities, held a "mock referendum" on impeaching the Election Commission (EC), demanding accountability and compensation. Editor Boonam Ong (Bok Lai Chud) participated in the voting and called for the EC to disclose raw vote counts for public verification.
At 17:00 on 15 February 2026 at the Pathumwan Skywalk, a network of students from nine universities—including Chulalongkorn University, Thammasat University, Kasetsart University, Khon Kaen University, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Chiang Mai University, Mae Fah Luang University, Ramkhamhaeng University, and Srinakharinwirot University—led by the Thammasat Alliance and the Assembly group, held a symbolic event conducting a mock referendum on impeaching the EC. Large numbers of supporters queued enthusiastically to participate in the mock vote.
Additionally, some participants displayed banners criticizing the Election Commission’s performance, adding a lively atmosphere to the gathering. The mock voting continued until 19:00, after which the votes were tallied. This civil society-organized event symbolically conveyed the demand for transparent and honest elections and referendums. The assembly proceeded peacefully under the security supervision of Pathumwan Police Station officers.
Following this, student leader Theerapat Supapitakphiboon, coordinator of the Thammasat Alliance and Assembly group, took the stage to criticize the EC’s handling of the 8 February election. He stated that abundant evidence has demonstrated that the election was neither transparent, honest, nor fair, severely undermining public trust in the EC. In particular, irregularities were evident in Chonburi Province’s first electoral district, but the EC failed to address public demands, citing insufficient evidence, and showed disrespect toward voters' ballots.
"The processes of vote counting, managing ballot boxes, handling ballots marked individually and combined, and even the printing of barcodes and QR codes on ballots," which may have compromised the confidentiality of this election and seriously violated the constitution. These disastrous phenomena make it clear that even a nationwide recount may not suffice, as such a recount might also lack transparency, honesty, and fairness. We demand the EC take responsibility and compensate for their failures that directly impact the sovereign people.”
Theerapat further urged all citizens, university students, civil society organizations, and political parties nationwide to unite in raising their voices against the irregularities in this parliamentary election. He called for collective action to ensure the EC is held accountable for all the malpractices revealed before ending the assembly at 21:00.
Editor Bok Lai Chud participates in voting, urges EC to disclose raw vote counts for public scrutiny.
At 18:00, Somboon Boonngam-anong, also known as Editor Bok Lai Chud, joined the symbolic mock referendum on impeaching the EC. After voting, he spoke out demanding the EC release the raw vote results for constituency MPs, party-list MPs, and referendum scores from over 100,000 polling stations nationwide. This would allow the public to verify whether the official counts held by the EC match data collected by citizens.
He said, "Today I want to question all seven EC commissioners and Secretary-General Saowang Boonmee: Don't you feel responsible for the election outcome? It has been seven days, yet the official results have not been released. I do not believe the vote tallies shown on television reflect the truth. Why, after every polling station nationwide has fully reported results through the ECT Report system, has the EC not officially announced the election outcomes?"
“I do not believe these problems stem from individuals but from the EC as an institution, which seems to be manipulating figures and election registers to avoid conflicts with data held by the public. If election fraud truly occurred, I will not blame the EC or its Secretary-General, knowing that powerful figures behind the scenes ordered these acts to diminish the people’s sovereign power.”
