News > Politics
The government will file a motion to amend Section 291 of the constitution on Thursday to pave the way for the establishment of a new Constitution Drafting Assembly, chief whip Udomdech Rattanasathien said yesterday.
Mr Udomdech said government whips discussed amendments to Section 291 of the constitution proposed by the Pheu Thai Party at a meeting earlier yesterday.
He said they had agreed that following changes to Section 291, there would be elections in all provinces for 77 CDA members. Voters in each province will elect a CDA member. After that, parliament will select another 22 people to join the CDA.
This article is older than 60 days, which we reserve for our premium members only.You can subscribe to our premium member subscription, here.
Keep this article in your social bookmark:
Red-shirt supporters have expressed dismay over ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's call for them to set aside their anger and frustration over social and legal injustices for the sake of national reconciliation.
Post : 1,714
Send message
Discussion 2 : 07/02/2012 at 11:53 PM2
Post this to my Facebook
Amending the constitution is needed, it's an abomination. "However, if the government tries to ease tension as I have suggested, the problems could be resolved," said Mr Abhisit. Well Mr A had over 2 years to do something and all he managed to do was make the situation worse. His suggestions have proven to be counter productive already.
Post : 81
Discussion 1 : 07/02/2012 at 05:40 AM1
Changes to the Constitution are not needed. The changes will be communistic. Watch out for your rights! The freedoms we have will be taken away from us.
Reply
Please log in to our Bangkokpost.com community to post your comment. You can sign in to the community by clicking here.
If you are not part of the community yet, please sign up here. By being part of this community you will get all these privileges.
