Says financial troubles may get priority
The ruling Pheu Thai Party and the main opposition People’s Party ( PP ), the coalition partner, yesterday objected to an attempt to amend sections of the 2017 constitution, including one that pertain to the ethical standards held by political officeholders.
The original intention of Sections 160 ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of the 2017 charter, for instance, is to keep people who do not meet certain moral standards from obtaining power in public office, said Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, deputy leader of the UTN.
Any effort to denigrate this might make it easier for those with weak morals to rise to power, he said.
While there is an absolute need to change certain provisions of the charter, Mr. Thanakorn said that what is more serious today is improving the economy.
Parliament is advised to carefully consider this matter before making any more decisions, he continued.
” If the Senate and the House of Representatives decide to amend the morality part of the charter, it might be seen as doing so in the interests of their own interests.”
Worse nevertheless, if someone attempts to obstruct this move to amend the contract by filing appeals, they run the risk of being found guilty of breaking the law by pushing for like a self-serving legislative change, according to Mr. Thanakorn.
He was responding to Pheu Thai’s distribution of its limited charter-amending bill to the House on Wednesday, which followed next year’s distribution of a similar review by the PP.
He said the 2017 law, approved in a referendum, is an effective method of suppressing corruption and wrongdoing.
House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha stated that the Lower House’s discussion of the two charges would probably start in the middle of October, if no earlier, but no later than originally anticipated.
Chusak Sirinil, the deputy chief of Pheu Thai law, refutes claims that the group has a covert plan in his capacity as the party’s attorney.
In order to avoid facing a legal action for his alleged conclusion in the ruling group’s domestic matters, the celebration has been accused of trying to persuade former top Thaksin Shinawatra, the de facto leader of the party, to re-acquire his position.
By removing what he called an overabundance of limits, Mr. Chusak claimed Pheu Thai’s charter-amending charge rather aims to ensure equal freedom for all Thais in joining any political party of their choosing.
Even those who have received suspended prison sentences are currently prohibited from forming a political party, which he described as unfair.
In the event that the two organizations are unable to agree on a common cause, Mr. Chusak confirmed that Pheu Thai is attempting to amend the organic law on the National Anti-Corruption Commission ( NACC ) in order to end its authority to bypass the prosecution and bring cases to court on their own.
Pheu Thai furthermore aims to alter the natural laws on political events, said Mr Chusak.
The two functions ‘ effort to update the contract, which some critics see as a growth that may cause changes to the court’s function, were not allowed to comment on Nakharin Mektrairat, chairman of the Constitutional Court.
In another information, Pheu Thai is attempting to meet with all alliance members to explain the group’s proposals for charter-amending before Sept. 27 in the power of Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, speaking in his ability as a government punch. He claimed that all of these parties must come to a consensus before he could say for the first time whether the bill would be supported by all of the coalition partners.
The partial amendment would be pushed in parallel with the government’s move to rewrite the constitution.