PUBLISHED: 4 October 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
According to Phumtham Wechayachai, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister, the case yesterday approved the selection of a panel to review the charter’s amendment referendum.
The 35-member section may be made up of representatives from the government and opposition parties, legal professionals, academics, cultural activists, and lawyers, according to Mr. Phumtham, who serves as the panel’s president.
Politicians on the Pheu Thai Party listing include Dech-it Khaothong of the Democrat Party, MP Chusak Sirinil, former judge permanent secretary Kittipong Kittiyarak, Chartthaipattana Party member Nikorn Chamong, Bhumjaithai Party members Thanakor and Wangboonkongchana.
Representatives from different fields include social advocate Sirawith” Ja New” Seritiwat, former assistant police chief Pol Gen Suthep Dechraksa, political science lecturer Siripan Nogsuan Sawasdee, Chulalongkorn University’s Chutthaporn Issalarachai, and former director-general of the Secretariat Department Office under the Permanent Secretary for Defence.
On Saturday, the board will convene for the first time to talk about a plan for its tasks, according to Mr. Phumtham.
To get their opinions, we may therefore meet with representatives from various businesses. By the end of this year, we hope to have decided how to handle the vote, according to Mr. Phumtham.
However, Parit Wacharasindhu, a MP on the Move Forward Party( MFP ) list and spokesman, claimed that the MFP declined to join the panel because it had not been given any information about the group’s objectives or the framework that would serve as the foundation for further discussions of the proposed referendum.
Mr. Parit reiterated the party’s position that the new contract may be drafted by a charter writing assembly made up entirely of elected members, not just some portions of the existing one amended.
” This theory was formerly decided upon by a number of events. However, the MFP has cause to worry that the panel could be used as a device to abandon this principle if the government does not verify it, according to Mr. Parit.
Before the article was announced, Mr. Phumtham stated that he anticipated the charter’s revision and accompanying natural laws to be finished within four years. Each referendum is thought to charge between 3 and 4 billion ringgit, so the government wants to keep the number of them to a minimum.
The Constitutional Court ruled in 2021 that any attempt to alter the whole charter required public approval, and if that was successful, another hearing had to be held regarding the actual content.