PUBLISHED: 28 Aug 2024 at 04: 53
A number of senators voiced opposition to the election bill, largely due to the fact that it replaces the referendum’s dual majority requirement with a second majority or more than half of the casted votes.
At the end of Tuesday’s consideration of the contract election costs in the Upper House, the Senate voted 179 to 5, with three nays, to pass the bill in its first studying.
Senator Phisit Aphiwatthanaphong rebuffed the bill’s removal of the double lot need for the contract election. The Referendum Act requires two problems before a election outcome can be deemed bound, according to the twin lot.
Second, more than 50 % of eligible citizens must have taken part in the election, and the majority of those who cast their ballots must approve it.
If about 10 million people turn out to vote, just 5 million are required to support it for the election to be passed, but that would only accounts for 10 % of the 52 million eligible voters global, Mr Phisit said.
I really believe there is no need to hurry the rewrite of the charter, but it is crucial to ensure the proposal is legal, he said, for those who believe the dual majority requirement will put off the change.
Senator Prapart Pintobtang said the twin bulk requirement, which is used in many different countries, has dissuaded some electors from casting their votes.
Senator Tewarit pleaded with Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to rewrite the commission’s decision to ask questions that were essentially untrue regarding the vote.