Article 270 versus national government

 

 

Over the past few days, calls for a “national government” have grown, but so are a group of constitutional interpreters who believe that writers of Thailand’s new charter had anticipated problems of a “minority” administration and thus sneaked in ways to tackle them.

 

The constitutional interpreters are pointing at Article 270 of the charter which states that laws associated with “national reform” have to be provisionally passed by a joint House-Senate deliberation.

 

It’s the same provisional authority as the Senate’s power to vote alongside the House of Representatives on the selection of the first post-election prime minister. The powers were given to the first Senate virtually installed by the military.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/article-270-versus-national-government/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-04-20

If the constitution reflected real representative democracy it wouldn't have Article 270 at all.

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

“national reform”

Five years of complete silliness which just focused on the marginalization of the Shinawatra family.  What a waste of time and an insult to ones intelligence.

     Thais must of seen the new constitution as a total falacy when it was drafted by the Military, and in every way was anti Thai for the Thai people, I can't believe the stupidity of the Junta getting a single vote in the earlier Election. So, are Thais really that stupid, or the EC that crooked.

Goodbye Article 44.

 

Hello Article 270,

1 hour ago, JAG said:

Goodbye Article 44.

 

Hello Article 270,

Junta loves their backdoors.