Royal endorsement for charter 'to be sought by Nov 9'

Royal endorsement for charter 'to be sought by Nov 9'
By Pimnara Pradubwit

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The government will seek royal endorsement of the new charter before November 9 and the new King will sign the charter, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam insisted yesterday.

The amendment of the preamble, however, would be postponed until after the royal title proclamation.

Wissanu said that though the Constitutional Court had decided that an amendment was viable, the government could not possibly fill out the ellipsis because the exact time of the endorsement, as well as the official royal name of King Rama X, were still unknown.

His clarification came in response to the confusion over whether the preamble of the constitution should be amended following the recent passing of His Majesty the King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

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