Thai government committee plans referendum on constitutional amendments

[webfact]

 

Two sub-panels have been established by the government committee studying the proposed constitutional amendments in Thailand. Their mandate is to measure public sentiment on the proposed changes and devise a blueprint for a potential referendum.

 

Phumtham Wechayachai, chair of the committee, has stated that while there is no set deadline for these sub-panels, it is anticipated that their tasks will be completed by the end of this year or early next year.

 

Following the completion of their work, a draft referendum will be put forward to the Cabinet for approval. Once approved, it will be handed over to the Election Commission for execution.

However, there are differing views regarding the number of referendums that should be carried out.

 

by Mitch Connor 

Picture courtesy of prachachat.

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-10-18

 

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[spidermike007]

The army drawn constitution needs to be scraped and re-written by the duly elected Move Forward party. The toxic, highly corrupt generals need to be sent into exile. 

 

Do you want to call yourself a democracy? Then start behaving like one. 

Edited October 18, 2023 by spidermike007

[Bobthegimp]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

The army drawn constitution needs to be scraped and re-written by the duly elected Move Forward party. The toxic, highly corrupt generals need to be sent into exile. 

 

Do you want to call yourself a democracy? Then start behaving like one. 

I got caught up in the huge protest at the Pattaya PEACH convention center back in 2009 during the ASEAN summit.  I was on the way back to the condo with my Thai gf and didn't realize how serious it was until we were in the thick of it.  Redshirt men were armed with pieces of rebar and there was a 5 ton flat deck truck with a Marshall stack and some dude on a PA whipping up the crowd.  I was the lone farang in that throng. 

 

Several Thais apologized to me and said "we just want a democracy, like you have in your country".  This is where my post ties into yours. The people do want democracy badly enough to fight for it.  Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed that day, but it was close.  We ended up in a march towards the Yellow shirts and the police (tall cops in riot gear). A couple of shots were fired into the air and somehow violence was averted. 

Edited October 18, 2023 by Bobthegimp

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

Two sub-panels have been established by the government committee studying the proposed constitutional amendments in Thailand. Their mandate is to measure public sentiment on the proposed changes and devise a blueprint for a potential referendum

Will that be as democratic as the election vote?

[Srikcir]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Their mandate is to measure public sentiment on the proposed changes and devise a blueprint for a potential referendum.

Might first measure the Senate sentiment first. 

Otherwise, you won't have a blueprint but a blackprint. 

[dinsdale]

9 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Will that be as democratic as the election vote?

It will be similar to the last one. Skewed questions.