PPRP to vie for chair of House panel studying charter changes

 

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Core members of the Palang Pracharat party have nominated Mr. Suchart Tancharoen, deputy House speaker and party member, to compete against former Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva for the chair of the House ad hoc committee charged with studying constitutional amendments.

 

An informed PPRP source said that the party’s core members favour a party MP as head of the House panel. Mr. Suchart is yet to respond to their proposal.

 

Abhisit was nominated by the Democrat party and he has the backing of opposition representatives on the House panel.  He resigned as an MP to accept responsibility after the party suffered a humiliating loss in the March 24th general election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pprp-to-vie-for-chair-of-house-panel-studying-charter-changes/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-11-07

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No doubt at all that he will get the chair.....and the proposed changes in the constitution will not eventuate.

There really is not an effective opposition at this time....even while PPRP only have a slender lead, they can still ride roughshod over the opposition.

 

16 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

No doubt at all that he will get the chair.....and the proposed changes in the constitution will not eventuate.

There really is not an effective opposition at this time....even while PPRP only have a slender lead, they can still ride roughshod over the opposition.

 

Yes, when the coalition doesn't have to abide by the laws of the land, and can interpret the laws themselves without even having to go through the court's dog and pony show, you really have a weak opposition. 

 

 

Of course any changes proposed ultimately by the House must have pro-military Senate support.

That means Prayut et al controls the Constitution.

Furthermore, any changes formally proposed by the House must be careful not to even hint at sedition or lese majeste violations. 

 

It's game, set and match - to the militarists. It's over. Why don't people simply face reality?

 

The biggest single threat to the militarists is Thanathorn - and he was blocked from parliament virtually the same day he became an elected M.P.  His Future Forward Party is also likely to be hamstrung and massively hampered in the coming months and years.

 

No, there are no two ways about it: as things stand, Thailand's democracy and hope of democracy has gone forever. There is no way under the present set-up that democratic forces can 'legally' bring power back to the people.

 

But do the people really care all that much, when all is said and done? I  see little strong sign of it.

 

I hope that one day things will change for the better; but it is really difficult to see how that could happen - absent some major, world-shaking and news-making change in the timorous servility of the Thai people ...

 

13 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Of course any changes proposed ultimately by the House must have pro-military Senate support.

That means Prayut et al controls the Constitution.

Furthermore, any changes formally proposed by the House must be careful not to even hint at sedition or lese majeste violations. 

 

Right, Srikcir: everything is stitched-up in the militarists' favour.

They can get away with whatever they want - and they do so on a daily basis.

But only (ultimately) because nearly 70 million Thais let them ...

 

 

22 minutes ago, Eligius said:

But only (ultimately) because nearly 70 million Thais let them ...

Yep, they brought the next 5 years, and maybe 20, on themselves. They approved a referendum when they hadn't even read it (and now the government has made a mockery of it during the oath taking); then they voted for a party that fully intended to allow the junta to continue. And as sure as God made little green apples, by the time I die this country will have returned to pre-June 1932.

22 hours ago, webfact said:

He resigned as an MP to accept responsibility after the party suffered a humiliating loss in the March 24th general election.

The party then did the only thing it knew how to do: it jumped in bed with the military which continues to ruin the country for everyone.