Landscapes sought regarding the election
Published: December 5, 2023, at 6:55
According to a referendum reading sub-panel, MPs and lawmakers may be asked for their thoughts on how he or she should conduct the referendum on the contract amendment after the congress session reconvenes on December 12.
After legislature reopens on December 12 to discuss a referendum survey that will be answered by Members and lawmakers, Nikorn Chamnong, mind of the sub-panel, announced on Monday andnbsp that he is sending letters to House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha and Senate Speaker Pornpetch Wichitcholchai.
According to reports, the sub-panel is requesting that the legislators submit their responses to the survey by December 20 and the MPs do the same on December 14.
The sub-panel has gathered ideas from professional and social groups regarding referendums and will incorporate the politicians ‘ type.
Many questions will be asked of the lawmakers in the survey, such as whether they support rewriting the charter or whether a referendum should be held prior to the implementation of any charter amendments.
Additionally, the politicians may be questioned about whether a election needs the support of at least one-third of senators.
The question of whether contract rewriting body members should be fully or partially elected, according to Mr. Nikorn, is crucial.
By the end of the month, before the election results are presented for consideration by the government, the politicians ‘ suggestions and ideas from other teams will be forwarded to the main referendum-design committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai.
Mr. Nikorn stated that he was also attempting to address the difficult “double majority” demands, which stipulate that more than 50 % of eligible citizens must have participated in the election and that the majority of those who cast votes may approve it.
He claimed that this would be challenging to accomplish and suggested that the simple lot law only applies to the requirement of turn-out.
But, Mr. Nikorn claimed that the double-majority matter was being thoroughly investigated.
In the meantime, the House sub-committee on votes, led by MP Parit Wacharasindhu of the Move Forward Party, invited experts and academics to a website where they expressed their opinions on the proposed contract rewriting assembly’s makeup.
Previous contract author and Pheu Thai Party chief strategist Pongthep Thepkanchana supported the offer of chairs in the assembly to experts in order to foster creative thought and experience exchange.
The contract redrafting council members should be chosen directly, according to Prinya Thaewanarumitkul, chairman of the Law Center at Thammasat University. He emphasized, however, that important factors should be taken into account when deciding whether the vote of charter editors may follow the general election. He added that the new charter’s material needed to be condensed.
The Election Commission (EC ) estimated that the referendum will cost at least 3 billion baht, an increase from the previous referendum’s 2.7 billion, in which the majority of voters approved the current charter. The EC blames more voters, novel legal requirements, and prices for the higher price.