PUBLISHED: 3 Dec 2024 at 05: 47
A Pheu Thai MP was warned by deputy prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai that disagreements over a contract referendum could lead to the disintegration of the House based on personal opinion.
According to Mr. Phumtham, their relations wo n’t be strained by differences of opinion regarding the charter referendum between the ruling Pheu Thai Party and its coalition partner, Bhumjaithai Party.
He was responding to Pheu Thai list-MP Cherdchai Tantisirin’s claim that a House split might not be necessary if the alliance events disagreed on the size of the bulk needed for a charter election.
Dr. Cherdchai is entitled to voice his opinions, according to Mr. Phumtham, but he emphasized that personal opinions do not affect partnership parties. He vowed that the differences would get resolved in congress.
According to Mr. Phumtham, just Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has the power to break the House of Representatives, and she has never intended to do so. The delay in passing the charter-rewriting method and the House’s and Senate’s differences in opinion lead to the delay in the referendum costs and the process.
The Senate insisted on two things: that more than 50 % of citizens must take part in the election and that the majority of those who do so may help it, whereas the House maintained that a basic lot would be enough to complete it.
The two chambers ‘ disagreements over whether the Senate’s favored dual majority requirement may remain were resolved by creating a joint MP-Senate council.
The Bhumjaithai Party has stated its purpose to support the double-majority necessity, and the Senate just prevailed in a mutual panel vote to support it.
Meanwhile, People’s Party ( PP ) leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut distanced the main opposition party from the matter, saying the PP would continue pushing for charter amendments and two rounds of charter referendums.
The PP cited the 2021 Constitutional Court ruling as evidence that two sessions of a vote would be enough to update the contract. The state, however, insisted on three rounds of election for the proposed update.
Additionally, Mr. Natthaphong added that the group is generally prepared for the House’s dissolution.