Offer ground, or disrupt charter bid
PUBLISHED: 11 Nov 2024 at 04: 45
Nikorn Chamnong, minister to the combined House-Senate commission on the election expenses, on Sunday warned the Pheu Thai Party to bargain on the size of majority needed for a charter referendum to go, or the “people’s charter” might never materialise.
Instead of adhering to simple bulk law, he suggested the group should take into account a half-way plan that is likely to be accepted by alliance partners like his own party and the Bhumjaithai Party.
Mr Nikorn, key planner of the partnership Chartthaipattana Party, said if the House and the Senate fail to reach a conclusion, the election costs will be suspended for 180 days. After that, if the House stands its surface on a simple lot condition, the bill is complete.
However, even if the act is enacted, the mandate update procedure will experience resistance from the Senate, which could rise to engage in the future charter read process, he said.
A law amendment plan requires the assistance of one-third of lawmakers, or 67 votes, to go. ” The Senate’s help is essential. If we do n’t deal, the’ people’s mandate’ did not appear to fruition”, he said.
After Chousak Sirinil, Pheu Thai’s legitimate expert, oppose the half-way proposal and advocate for simple majority rule, he made his remarks.
A simple majority of voting voters, according to the Lower House, would be sufficient to move a constitutional reform vote. The election must go with at least 50 % of registered voters and at least 50 % of those vote must be in favor, according to the Upper House, which means a double lot.
Mr Nikorn has proposed a “one and a half level” lot, anywhere between a plain majority and a double lot. The half-way plan is proposed as a way to resolve disagreements between the senators and the MPs regarding the required bulk for a charter referendum.
The election expenses, endorsed by the House, changed the double-majority concept to make it easier for elections to go. But, when the bill reached the Senate, the Upper House reverted back to the original specifications.
When the expenses returned to the House, the House on Oct 9 voted 348 to zero to accept the Senate’s force to restore the twin lot. In the midst of that choice, a combined House-Senate commission, of which Mr Nikorn is director, was formed to iron out differences between the two Properties.