New Thai charter 60 per cent ready and on course: CDC

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New charter 60 per cent ready and on course: CDC
THE NATION

THE new charter is up to 60 per cent written and on schedule to be published by the target date of January 29, 2016.

BANGKOK: -- However, the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) still needs to do more study on certain issues, such as the acquisition of senators and the Cabinet's authority, CDC secretary Pakorn Nilprapunt said yesterday.

No one is putting pressure on the CDC, he said.

The body is adhering to the design of a brief draft with no trouble, he said.

Former Senate president Nikom Wairatpanij said the principle of an indirect election, with representatives selecting candidates from 20 groups of major professions, which the CDC is now discussing, could be prone to interference, as it is easy to lobby within such groups.

The CDC should design a mechanism to ensure that senator candidates truly represent their professional fields.

The candidates could be nominated first and then subjected to an election so that more people could participate in the selection process, he said.

Wirat Kalyasiri, an ex-Democrat MP and leading legal expert, supported the CDC's decision to prosecute senators and MPs found politically corrupt within the specific session.

However, the CDC should also include an immunity clause for MPs when voting in Parliament to prevent possible political defamation cases against them, he said.

MPs should be allowed to hold concurrently the post of minister, as they are acquainted with politics at the grassroots level. They should be able to respond to concerns as well as ministers, he said.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/New-charter-60-per-cent-ready-and-on-course-CDC-30274434.html


-- The Nation 2015-12-07

[12DrinkMore]

Thailand interesting facts.....

1. A charter is traditionally a temporary constitution issued after a military coup.

2. Over the years there have been charters, temporary charters, constitutions, interim constitutions and revised constitutions.

3. The average life of one of the above is about four years before the next re-write.

4. There have been 20 since 1932.

5. We are now on an interim constitution since 2014.

[metisdead]

A nonsense baiting post has been removed.

[trainman34014]

Everything in Thailand is always 'on course' according to State Officials.........but so was Titanic !

[DrTuner]

3. The average life of one of the above is about four years before the next re-write.

Which basically means the next one is already being prepared while the current is being approved. Talk about efficiency, JIT charters. They should version them like software.

[Chao Lao Beach]

Will this need a referendum ?

Will bribes to Thai Police and Thai Immigration be tax deducible ?

[Srikcir]

"THE new charter is up to 60 per cent written"

It's probably more likely 95% - just a rewrite of the previous NCPO draft and add the 10 additional NCPO provisions. CDC has already announced that there have been no negative comments on the newer charter. Nothing to change. But can't have the public think that the new charter was mostly predetermined without public participation.

So let's say its 60% complete and spend the next 30 days explaining how great the whole newer charter is without changes.

[MZurf]

"me="webfact" post="10161622" timestamp="1449438114"]New charter 60 per cent ready and on course: CDC

On course to where/what??