By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

LEGISLATION TO END the power of senators to vote alongside MPs for head of a post-election government was aborted again yesterday (Sept 7).

 

During today’s joint House/Senate meeting on the legislation primarily drafted to amend the constitution’s Section 272 and endorsed with signatures of over 75,000 people in sustained effort to end the unelected legislators’ power to pick head of a post-election government alongside the elected ones, the yea votes finally came out short of half the total of MPs and senators combined to pass approval in principle for it.

 

Despite a lengthy floor debate launched by amendment proponents who insisted the legislative process of picking a head of government only be the business of the elected lawmakers whilst the unelected ones be kept at bay, the legislation completely failed to sail through.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/07/people-endorsed-bid-to-end-senators-power-to-pick-pm-aborted-again/

 

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Let me guess.

 

It was the unelected senators and those who choose them that shut down the debate.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

joint House/Senate meeting

catch 22

20 minutes ago, Chang_paarp said:

Let me guess.

 

It was the unelected senators and those who choose them that shut down the debate.

No guess necessary - explained in the link.

21 minutes ago, Chang_paarp said:

Let me guess.

 

It was the unelected senators and those who choose them that shut down the debate.

Cant have people making the choices they may get it wrong.

3 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

Let me guess.

 

It was the unelected senators and those who choose them that shut down the debate.

Is the Senators another name for the Generals? There is about 230 Generals, and around 200 Senators, that is an awful lot of unelected people to have a big say in running the country.

48 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Is the Senators another name for the Generals? There is about 230 Generals, and around 200 Senators, that is an awful lot of unelected people to have a big say in running the country.

The farce is strong....

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

The farce is strong....

May the farce be with you....