Piyabutr to join anti-govt rally in push for charter change

By The Nation

 

Piyabutr Saengkanokkul

 

Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, a former Future Forward Party member, has announced he will join a big anti-government protest in Bangkok on September 19.

 

On Thursday, Piyabutr, who sits on the House committee studying Constitutional amendments, delivered a 25-page report supporting some of the panel’s proposal and rejecting others. Charter change will be debated in the House in the next two weeks after weeks of pressure from student-led protests to amend the Constitution.

 

Piyabutr said that since he did not know how long he would remain on the committee, he would work on a charter rewrite motion with the Move Forward Party, the reincarnation of Future Forward, from inside and outside the House. He sits on the panel as a law academic and expert on the Constitution.

 

Piyabutr confirmed he would join the upcoming anti-government rally at Thammasat University, which is expected to be the largest demonstration since the 2014 coup, drawing tens of thousands of protesters.

 

“The [2014] coup was not the right correction [for the country] but the protest by the youth on September 19 will be the beginning of it,” he said.

 

He also dismissed accusations that was a “puppet-master” behind the student-led anti-government movement. “I will not be a leader of the protest since this is the mission of the young generation,” he said.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30394318

 

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Edited September 10, 20205 yr by PatOngo

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He also dismissed accusations that was a “puppet-master” behind the student-led anti-government movement.

It looks like a real "puppet-master" is in the process of cutting the strings of Prayut Chan-o-cha !

Go careful son so many geriatric dinosaurs roam this land  ????????

7 hours ago, PatOngo said:

 Power to the people!

 

 

Long may the students continue the pressure, this is their future in their own hands.

 

It's expected around 100,000 people to join this, getting serious

11 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

It looks like a real "puppet-master" is in the process of cutting the strings of Prayut Chan-o-cha !

But hardly a friend of democracy either.

12 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Go careful son so many geriatric dinosaurs roam this land  ????????