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Activists want Yingluck probed for no-show
14/02/2012 : A group of activists is calling for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to be probed for her no-show at a House session last week, as she attended a meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel instead.
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POLITICSCabinet sets charter rewrite draft in motion
14/02/2012 : The draft amendment of Section 291 of the 2007 constitution received the green light from the cabinet yesterday, marking the first step in the highly controversial rewriting of the charter.
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Gen Sonthi backs charter change
02/02/2012 : Matubhum MP Gen Sondhi Boonyaratkalin said on Thursday that he personally supports the move to amend the constitution because the highest law needs to be changed to better suit the current situation.

Calls mount to overhaul Article 112
02/02/2012 : More than 200 international scholars, writers, and activists have joined the campaign urging reform to the lese majeste law.
Lese majeste ban fails to ignite campus
02/02/2012 : Debate may be raging on social networking sites about Thammasat University's decision to bar the Nitirat group from using its grounds to campaign for an amendment to the lese majeste law.

People's Warrior group slams UDD for ignoring their plight
02/02/2012 : The government is under attack by a splinter group of its red shirt allies.
Sukumpol: Lese majeste reform not newsworthy
01/02/2012 : The media should not give so much importance to the group of law academics who want the lese majese law amended, Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat said Wednesday.
Impeachment petitions accepted
01/02/2012 : The Constitution Court on Wednesday accepted for consideration two separate petitions filed by Pheu Thai and Democrat MPs, each seeking the removal of MPs of the rival party, court spokesman Pimol Thampithakpong said.
Charter amendment draft submitted
01/02/2012 : A group of red-shirts from the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Lamphun on Wednesday submitted a draft constitutional amendment bill to House Deputy Speaker Charoen Chankomol.
MP: Thaksin backs CDA plan
01/02/2012 : Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra supported the plan to set up a charter drafting assembly (CDA) to amend the 2007 Constitution, Pheu Thai MP for Udon Thani Anand Sriphan said on Wednesday.
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Govt gears up to defend executive decrees in House
01/02/2012 : The government's executive decrees for flood funding are likely to come under attack in the House today.
Political amnesty law on way, says Chalerm
01/02/2012 : The Pheu Thai-sponsored draft legislation seeking to provide a blanket amnesty to political offenders since the 2006 coup is on the way, says Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung.
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