 Finding no problems, the Senate acknowledged his appointment to the court on 23 January 1998.The appointment of former Senate and Parliament president Ukrit Mongkolnavin was especially problematic.The Senate had initially elected Ukrit from the list of ten legal specialists nominated by the selection panel, despite claims by democracy activists that Ukrit was unqualified to guard the constitution because he had served dictators while president of parliament under the 1991-1992 military government of the National Peacekeeping Council.