The Administrative Court has summoned the Social Security Election Commission to explain the reasons for postponing the social security board election tomorrow (7 Aug), and scheduled a decision on whether to postpone the election on 11 August at 10:00 a.m.
On 6 Aug 2026, reporters reported that the Progressive Social Security team, led by Associate Professor Dr. Sattharam Thammabuthdee, a former social security board member representing insured persons, along with representatives of employer and employee candidates for the Social Security Board, filed a lawsuit at the Central Administrative Court seeking to revoke the announcement postponing the social security board election and to order the election to be held on 27 September 2026 as originally planned. They requested that eligible voters be allowed to vote without prior registration. The court had already held an emergency hearing with the plaintiffs on that day. It is reported that tomorrow (7 Aug 2026) at 10:00 a.m., the court panel will hold another hearing to receive information from the defendant, the Social Security Election Commission, as well as additional input from the Progressive Social Security team, before considering the case. The court scheduled the first deliberation and to hear opinions from a non-panel judge, whose views are advisory and non-binding, on Tuesday, 11 August 2026 at 10:00 a.m., followed by the panel delivering its verdict at 3:00 p.m. the same day.
The Progressive Social Security team filed this lawsuit because they believe the Central Administrative Court's order on 24 July 2026 only suspended the enforcement of the condition requiring voters to register in advance and did not order postponement of the entire social security board election process. Therefore, the Social Security Election Commission's decision to postpone the election is viewed as exceeding the court's order, using it as a pretext to obstruct social security reform. The plaintiffs also suspect that the indefinite postponement is a political tactic by power networks within the Ministry of Labor aiming to delay returning authority to the insured members.