A network of civic groups led by Internet Dialogue on Law Reform (iLaw) on Monday submitted to the House Speaker a draft bill seeking the repeal of 35 National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) orders and announcements.
The proposed law was backed by 13,409 people in a petition that was also handed to the speaker, thereby meeting a requirement laid out in Section 133 (3) of the constitution, which says at least 10,000 signatures are necessary for proposed legislation to be submitted to the House of Representatives.
According to the network, the regime's orders have infringed on individual rights, the free press, rights related to the judicial process, community rights and the environment. It said it has spent more than 18 months gathering the signatures.
Yingcheep Atchanont, an iLaw representative, said the group's next move will be to lobby all political parties to support the bill and reinstate basic democratic freedoms.
"We expect every party in the government and in the opposition camp to vote for the bill. We'll be watching them," he said.
The petition was submitted to Secretariat of the House of Representatives.
The Future Forward Party (FFP) on Monday answered the network's call for support, saying its MPs would also propose a motion setting up a special House committee to study the impact of all the regime's orders and actions.
FFP deputy spokesman Wayo Asavarungruang said the party would ask the House to consider the group-sponsored bill and would suggest that an ad-hoc panel be formed to look at the regime's orders and announcements. He said the proposed panel should include representatives from civil society too.
Dr Wayo said the FFP would also push for amendments to the charter targeting sections 272 and 279 which involve the Senate's role and the NCPO's orders and announcements respectively.
Section 272 allows senators to join the House of Representatives in voting for a PM while Section 279 endorses NCPO orders and actions.