Charter change’must been thorough’, he says
According to Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, the government will accept the president’s decision to hold three referendums next week as prerequisite for changing the entire charter.
He insisted that three elections, although extended, would be a prudent course of action.
Opponents argued three parliaments, costing 3 billion ringgit each to organise, may be extremely costly, time-consuming and disruptive.
Mr. Phumtham, who chairs a screen looking into the need to change the charter’s election, said the screen was wrapping up its work and would give it to the cabinet the following week.
The case will be informed of the commission’s three-referenda advice. ” That position remains intact. We must get detailed about it,” he said.
Voters will be asked to vote in the first vote whether they approve of the creation of a new contract. Part 256 may been amended to make room for the creation of a new contract if the majority votes in favor.
A new contract will be put to a second referendum so that the electorate may consider whether or not it should be ratified once it has been created.
After the Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a plea by parliament asking for a decision on whether the contract may be changed before a vote, and how many meetings should be held in full, the Phumtham panel reiterated its position.
Additionally, the complaint asked the court to decide whether congress may include a proposed contract amendment motion on its agenda for discussion.
The judges claimed that the legislature senator is authorized to take the matter off the agenda because they already had a decision to make.
A contract rewrite could not be carried out without a vote being held second, the court had earlier said.
A previous, favorable referendum vote is required, according to the court, to amend or completely alter the charter’s crucial parts. Yet, the ruling did no spell out how many elections would be needed.
Mr. Phumtham criticized the government for “dragging its feet,” saying the board wanted to move forward with some assurance that drafting would not be delayed in the future.
” We’re opting for the safest option.
” This is so we do n’t find ourselves having to go back to square one,” he said.
He admits the three-referendum solution does not satisfy everyone. Yet, he said it is beneficial to democracy.
However, Chusak Sirinil, a legal professional and deputy chief of the decision Pheu Thai Party, said the game was now in the courtroom of House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, in light of the judge’s dismissal on Wednesday.
According to him, Mr. Wan Noor may determine how to go about rewriting the contract.
Prior to now, Parliament declined to put the matter on its mission, which is required to begin the process of amendments, he continued.