CDC to unveil draft charter to public on Apr 27

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CDC to unveil draft charter to public on Apr 27

BANGKOK, 13 April 2015 (NNT) - The Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) revealed that his committee is still fine-tuning the provisions in the draft charter, before submitting it to the National Reform Council (NRC) for debate on April 17.

CDC Chariman Borwornsak Uwanno said the 315 sections in the first draft now needs to be examined by the Council of State, which will verify the accuracy of its citations before submission to the NRC on April 17.

The first draft will be unveiled to the public on April 27. Mr Borwornsak said the new constitution is intended to empower the people, clean up politics and bring about national reconciliation.

Regarding the new mixed member proportional electoral system introduced in the first draft, Mr Borwornsak said that the system will affect how votes are counted rather than how people vote. He claimed that people will be given more transparency in the new system, as the party list ballots will now display an open list of all candidates.

The CDC Chairman also affirmed that the National Legislative Assembly and the NRC would be relieved of their duties on the first day the new Parliament is sworn in, and there will be no extension of their powers.


-- NNT 2015-04-13

[catterwell]

In a private conversation the other day, Borwornsak told me the draft would be made public on 20 April. From this report, that date seems to have slipped one week.

[Srikcir]

"the National Legislative Assembly and the NRC would be relieved of their duties on the first day the new Parliament is sworn in, and there will be no extension of their powers."

But not specified in the charter.

[rubl]

"the National Legislative Assembly and the NRC would be relieved of their duties on the first day the new Parliament is sworn in, and there will be no extension of their powers."

But not specified in the charter.

Would you like to clutter the new charter with one more 'referring to a one-time special case only' article?

Of course the charter will have articles on parliaments, senate, and when and how their terms expire.

[brucec64]

"the National Legislative Assembly and the NRC would be relieved of their duties on the first day the new Parliament is sworn in, and there will be no extension of their powers."

But not specified in the charter.

Would you like to clutter the new charter with one more 'referring to a one-time special case only' article?

Of course the charter will have articles on parliaments, senate, and when and how their terms expire.

At 300+ articles, it seems to be fairly cluttered already. But not to worry, these constitutions have a very short shelf life and they will be back at this in a few years after the next cycle of unrest and eventual coup.

[rubl]

"the National Legislative Assembly and the NRC would be relieved of their duties on the first day the new Parliament is sworn in, and there will be no extension of their powers."

But not specified in the charter.

Would you like to clutter the new charter with one more 'referring to a one-time special case only' article?

Of course the charter will have articles on parliaments, senate, and when and how their terms expire.

At 300+ articles, it seems to be fairly cluttered already. But not to worry, these constitutions have a very short shelf life and they will be back at this in a few years after the next cycle of unrest and eventual coup.

It's not the number of sections or articles, it's their contents. One may wonder what should be in the constitution and what should be 'elaborations' in the various organic laws.

BTW the 1997 version had 336 articles, the 2007 version 309 articles.

[MaxLee]

CDC to unveil draft charter to public on Apr 27

in other words: In the name of the allmighty general: "Put up and shut the hell up, or be destroyed....."