Media invited to monitor drafting of new constitution from Jan 12

[Lite Beer]

Media invited to monitor drafting of new constitution from Jan 12
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Local and foreign media will be allowed to monitor most of the proceedings of the Constitution Drafting Committee but not to broadcast sessions live.

On January 12, the CDC will start actually composing the charter article by article after having presented some major principles of the new political system.

Manit Suksomjit, vice chairman of the CDC, said yesterday that the drafting would be open to the media except for certain sections deemed sensitive and controversial.

The press will be given time to take photos and videos, and then they will be asked only to observe and not to disturb the charter authors while they are working by making live reports.

CDC chairman Borwonsak Uwanno will this week invite local and foreign media for a meeting, he said.

Columnists, television and radio hosts and reporters will be asked to present their views on and recommendations for the principles and new political system recently proposed by the committee.

On-Usa Lamliengpol, chairman of the National Reform Council's special PR committee, said the panel would next week present to the CDC its plan to publicise contents of the new charter.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Media-invited-to-monitor-drafting-of-new-constitut-30251088.html

-- The Nation 2015-01-02

[NongKhaiKid]

" Certain sections deemed sensitive and controversial " covers a multitude of sins.

Are the public to be treated on a ' need to know basis ' and they don't need to know ?

[HeijoshinCool]

Don't need to draft a new one. Just use America's.

It's an excellent piece of work, performed well for 200 years, and hasn't been used too much since the 1960's.

[The stuttering parrot]

I see the freedom of the press is once again shutdown.

Well not really as long as you write good things about the junta.

[rickirs]

"certain sections deemed sensitive and controversial."

That pretty well rules out any public referendum - can't have the public deciding on portions too sensitve and controversal. Thailand may become unique in the world of governance. It might have the only constitution with redactions due to concerns for "national security and unity."

[EnglishJohn]

I see the freedom of the press is once again shutdown.

Well not really as long as you write good things about the junta.

You were either incapable of understanding this article or you were too eager to write your brainless rhetoric to bother reading it.