Somchai Srisutthiyakorn: The man behind efforts to ‘switch off’ Senate’s power

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By Thai PBS World’s Political Desk

 

Staunch government critic Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, who was sacked as an election commissioner in 2018 by the post-coup junta, is back in the limelight with a campaign to “switch off” the Senate’s power to join MPs in selecting a prime minister.

 

His campaign seeks to change Article 272 of the Constitution, which empowers the Upper House to help select the PM during their five-year term under the current Constitution, which has been in force since April 2017.

 

The campaign group argues on its website (www.nosenatevote.net) that prime ministers should be selected by MPs only and that it is anti-democratic for unelected senators to help leaders cling on to power. The current Senate was appointed by the junta following the 2014 coup.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/somchai-srisutthiyakorn-the-man-behind-efforts-to-switch-off-senates-power/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-01-17

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Yeah, good luck with that.  This is the Junta who made the laws for their own benefit and not the countries...

[Artisi]

28 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Yeah, good luck with that.  This is the Junta who made the laws for their own benefit and not the countries...

You beat me to it with the "good luck with that" but I would add - - "watch your back" 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The campaign group argues on its website (www.nosenatevote.net) that prime ministers should be selected by MPs only and that it is anti-democratic for unelected senators to help leaders cling on to power. The current Senate was appointed by the junta following the 2014 coup.

He's going to be silenced again soon... he steps on too many toes.

He got kicked out of the EC for not towing the line... accuses the election of vote buying and now wants to de-rig the PM's election.