Senate to inaugurate on Wednesday

The upper chamber now has the quorum comprising 74 appointed senators and 70 of 76 elected senators, she said. The Election Commission has yet to complete the endorsement of balloting results in order to fill the remaining six vacant seats.

Senator Kamol Prachuabmoh, an oldest appointee, is slated to chair the session for the naming of the speaker.

Each nomination of the speaker candidate must be endorsed by 10 senators to qualify for the race. The voting will take place after candidates have delivered their vision statements.

Should there be two candidates vying for the job, the winner would be the one garnering the highest votes.

If there are more than two candidates, the outcome for the winner must reach a simple majority of the quorum. Should the votes in the first round fall short of the simple majority, there would be a second round of voting and the candidate with the highest votes would be declared a winner.

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