Chuan insists Parliament vote on amended constitution drafts will take place today

By THE NATION

 

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House Speaker Chuan Leekpai said on Wednesday morning that a Parliament meeting today would feature voting on amended constitution drafts as proposed by both the ruling coalition and the opposition.

 

“The voting procedure will comply with the rules and regulations of the Parliament meeting. Each member will be called by name and will cast their vote on each of the drafts,” he said.

 

“I would like to ask all members to avoid announcing his/her name after it is called, or add any phrase to their vote [such as ‘I wholeheartedly approve the draft’], in order to save time.”

 

When asked about the possibility of a repeat of incidents in previous meetings, when some MPs and senators left early, Chuan said: “The voting today and at previous meetings are separate incidents. We decided to vote today instead of yesterday night as members previously agreed not to vote at night, and some of the parties have yet to submit their lists of participating members.”

 

When asked what would happen if the public draft of an amended constitution proposed by human rights watchdog iLaw was not approved in principle by Parliament today, Chuan said: “The draft will then be considered rejected and cannot be proposed again in this session of meeting. However, it can be proposed again in the next session.”

 

In order to be approved in principle, a draft will require at least one third of the senators' okays, or 84 senators.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398143

 

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How's that going to happen they gonna vote by proxy?

On TV

 

In Reality

 

 

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

as members previously agreed not to vote at night,

The health of the country hangs in the balance, and all they can do is agree on no night voting. Do these ????  play circus music in the background?   Perhaps this???? would be a better venue for their meetings.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

as members previously agreed not to vote at night

 

47 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

The health of the country hangs in the balance, and all they can do is agree on no night voting.

They agreed on something..., which was basically "no to work". That usually gets  100%. 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

In order to be approved in principle, a draft will require at least one third of the senators' okays, or 84 senators.

The senators voting is the main issue.