Dems firm on charter stand

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Published: 17 Dec 2012 at 14.28
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The Democrat Party stands firm in its opposition to amending the constitution in its entirety as proposed by the government, party MP Ong-art Klampaiboon said on Monday.

Mr Ong-art said iof the entitre constitution is rewritten there would be guarantee the amendments would not aim to clear former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of all offences, both those already decided by the court and those still pending.

Although the party supported amending the charter section by section, it was of the opinion that it should not be done at this time, even if a public referendum were to be held before the vote on the charter amendment bill in the third reading in the House of Representatives.

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ricefield
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Discussion 5 : 18 Dec 2012 at 09.025
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Disc 4 - Electoral rules have been set up and used for a long time. The referendum rules were setup by the junta and are separate to the Electoral rules but both are administered by the EC. The referendum rules also stipulate harder fines and jail sentences reflecting the fear of the Junta that their referendum would be obstructed.
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Discussion 4 : 18 Dec 2012 at 02.374
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If a Referendum vote is only valid if more than 50% of the electorate participate, then why shouldn't the result of a General Election be subject to the same rule?
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Discussion 3 : 17 Dec 2012 at 17.313
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The Democrat Party must know that if the rule is you need over 50% to approve a motion, 50% + 1 wins. 50% of the eligible electorate is a pretty high threshold anyway by international standards.
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Discussion 2 : 17 Dec 2012 at 16.542
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The typical red-shirt nonsense.
When you don't support the red ideology. Then you are undemocratic.
Everybody in a democracy can decide freely to vote or not to vote in an election or a referendum. How much more nonsense must the thai people suffer for the greed of the politicians for money and power.
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Discussion 1 : 17 Dec 2012 at 14.351
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How and why is this fair/ correct?
He was referring of EC member Sodsri Sattayatham's comment that if a political party campaigned for the people not to turn out to vote in the referendum it could be liable to up to 10 years in jail and a fine of not exceeding 200,000 baht.
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