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Referendum law tweaked for charter rewrite
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/05/2024
» The referendum law is being amended in six areas, with electronic votes now being permitted, and the first round of the referendum on rewriting the constitution is expected towards the end of the year, according to the panel studying the issue.
Can't come soon enough
News, Published on 11/05/2024
» The road to writing a brand-new charter promises to be long and winding.
Referendum 'held back' by current law
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/05/2024
» The law needs to be amended before a referendum on the first charter is held, according to Chartthaipattana Party list-MP Nikorn Chamnong, who heads a sub-committee on the charter referendum.
Cabinet approves 3 charter-change referendums
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 23/04/2024
» The cabinet has agreed in principle that changing the constitution will require three referendumns and should be completed before the current government's term ends.
Court rejects parliament petition on charter change process
Post Reporters, Published on 17/04/2024
» The Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a petition by parliament seeking its ruling over whether the constitution can be amended before a referendum takes place and how many referendums should be held in the charter amendment process.
City blueprint tests governor's green credentials
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/02/2024
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has revised its city plan, drawing the ire of people who fear the imposition of the new zoning rules will have a negative impact on their properties.
Pita now ineligible to be PM, according to academic
Published on 06/02/2024
» Move Forward Party prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat is disqualified from the premiership after a court gave him a suspended jail sentence for his role in a flash mob protest in Bangkok in 2019, according to a prominent law academic.
MFP backs Pheu Thai on 2 charter referendums
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 24/01/2024
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) has voiced support for Pheu Thai's proposal to hold two referendums on charter amendment and insisted that members of a charter drafting assembly must be elected.
First referendum will ask public just one question
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 27/12/2023
» The government committee drafting new guidelines on holding a referendum to find common ground on how the 2017 constitution should be amended has decided to ask only one question in the first of three referenda to be conducted on the charter amendment.
Charter-draft panel taking shape
Published on 24/12/2023
» The new constitution drafting assembly will comprise 77 provincial representatives and 23 other members who are experts and representatives from various groups, said the head of a sub-committee on rewriting the constitution on Saturday.