CDC to amend interim charter

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CDC to amend interim charter

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Constitution Drafting Committee’s next task is to amend the interim constitution to accommodate the attached question in the referendum which will allow senators to join House members in the vote to select the next prime minister, said CDC chairman Meechai Ruchupan on Monday.

 

The amendment process will take about 30 days after which the amended draft will be sent to the Constitutional Court for interpretation within 30 days, he said, adding that the amendment must stick to the wordings in the referendum ballet sheet and if the CDC has any question about the wordings, it will have to enquire the National Legislative Assembly.

 

Mr Meechai dismissed concern that the interim charter can be amended in a way to allow the Senate to nominate the next prime minister, saying that this is not possible as the CDC has to strictly stick to the wordings in the attached question in the referendum.

 

Asked how many times that senators have the right to vote in the selection of the prime minister, the CDC chairman explained there is no limit on how many times provided that the selection is done within five-year period.

 

Although senators have the right to vote in the selection of the prime minister, Meechai said they cannot perform the duties of House representatives such as to censure the government.

 

Hence, if the prime minister does not have the support of the majority of the House members, he won’t be able to remain in the office for long, said the CDC chairman.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/cdc-amend-interim-charter/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-08-09

[candide]

Despite the poor opinion I have of this guy, this is an interesting comment. Unless something unexpected arises as we have not seen yet the organic laws

[maoro2013]

Is the interim charter the same as the draft charter?

[gk10002000]

eh... so the members that are appointed by the current PM's "administration" can then vote on who the PM should be. 

[Caveat Emptor]

Will the amendments be of the   '  up the sleeve  '   variety  ?

[Srikcir]

5 hours ago, maoro2013 said:

Is the interim charter the same as the draft charter?

No. The NCPO-created Interim Charter was endorsed by the monarchy in 2014, followed by endorsement of an amendment (aka Provisional Constitution) to allow a referendum on a draft charter in 2015. In 2015 a draft charter was created by the junta for the referendum but withdrawn after the junta-appointed NRSA voted against it. In 2016 the NCPO appointed Meechai as CDC chairman to create another greatly detailed draft charter that was presented in a referendum on August 7, 2016. Once this draft charter has been endorsed, it will replace the Provisional Constitution.