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CDC chief hints at outsider PM
News, Published on 14/10/2015
» Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) chairman Meechai Ruchupan has indicated that a non-elected outsider will be allowed to become prime minister under the new constitution.
Activists urge end to draft charter
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 27/08/2015
» Pro-democracy activists are calling for the draft charter to be rejected, arguing it poses a threat to civic rights and will prolong the military's grip on power.
Crisis panel reveals PM's guiding hand
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/08/2015
» Who needs an electoral democracy when there is Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's "roadmap"?
There are bigger issues than Thaksin's police rank
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/08/2015
» National police chief Pol Gen Somyot Pummpunmuang has until the end of September to do what he is legally required to do, and has promised to do, more than once -- strip fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of his police lieutenant-colonel title.
CDC chairman: Enough of writing charters
Published on 19/07/2015
» PATTAYA - After amending almost all key points in the draft constitution, Borwornsak Uwanno, who engineered the revision, said on Sunday that this will be his last.
Giant ballot paper just too daunting
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/05/2015
» It was the biggest ballot paper I have ever seen. The sample ballot paper shown to the media on Monday during a demonstration of the new voting process held at the Election Commission office was simply huge.
Local body leaders keep jobs for now
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 14/05/2015
» The decentralisation of power to local bodies, made controversial by the protests of grassroot leaders who fear losing their jobs, marks a step forward in the new charter by ensuring that oversight by the state is flexible and limited to what is necessary, a charter drafter says.
'Weak, unstable' government beckons
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 23/03/2015
» The mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system proposed under the new constitution will enfeeble large political parties and lead to weak and unstable coalition governments prone to falling at any time, the two major political parties said.
Charter pushes coalition government
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 23/03/2015
» The draft charter provides mechanisms to ensure coalition governments are formed, particularly involving the the Democrat and Pheu Thai parties, charter drafter Anek Laothammathat says.
Pheu Thai backs charter referendum
News, Published on 16/03/2015
» The Pheu Thai Party has joined the growing ranks of people calling for the draft charter to be put up for a national referendum.