Public hearings scheduled on charter changes

[rooster59]

Public hearings scheduled on charter changes

By The Nation

 

Phalang Pracharath Party MP Thanikan Pornpongsarot

 

Public hearings on amending the Constitution have been scheduled for Monday (March 9) through March 24.

 

 

Phalang Pracharath Party MP Thanikan Pornpongsarot, spokeswoman for the House Committee on the matter, announced the schedule on Friday for the following groups of citizens:

 

Disabled – March 9, 1-4pm

 

Civil society – March 10, 10am-noon

 

Women – March 10, 1-4pm

 

Labourers – March 11, 9am-noon

 

Campaign for the People’s Constitution, students – March 13, 11am-4pm

 

Elderly – March 18, 9am-noon

 

Political parties – March 19, 1.30-4pm

 

Ethnic groups – March 24, 1-4pm

 

“Representatives of all of these groups except the Campaign for the People’s Constitution and the students must register in advance online,” Thanikan said.

 

Chaithawat Tulathon, the committee’s assistant secretary, said officials would coordinate with the students regarding their plans to hold a rally against the government in tandem with their hearing on March 13.

 

“The forum hall will accommodate about 100 people,” he noted.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30383523

 

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[bangkokfrog]

"Public hearings" PPP style. Put a pretty face in charge, hire a hall that only holds 100 people, give each group 2-3 hours to make their cases, throw the papers in the bin, and back to business as usual.

[tifino]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

except the Campaign for the People’s Constitution

they are the ones isolated for 'special' attention