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CDC targets to finish first draft by January
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 07/10/2015
» Good elements from past constitutions will be collected to include in the new constitution and a first draft is expected in January which would then be presented to the public for feedback.
'Crisis panel' faces watering down
News, Published on 06/10/2015
» The new draft charter is likely to retain a clause for a so-called crisis panel that can overrule an elected government in the event of a political crisis, but may water it down, sources say.
Thammasat academic gets CDC offer
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/10/2015
» A Thammasat University academic says he has been invited to sit on the new Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC).
Best man for the job
News, Published on 03/10/2015
» The country’s “trinity of constitutional power brokers” are once again hard at work, and the least visible of them is being thrust to the fore.
Meechai seeks PM meet on charter job
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 29/09/2015
» Legal expert Meechai Ruchupan wants to meet for talks with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha before deciding whether he will chair the new Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC), Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said Monday.
Meechai asked to head CDC
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 24/09/2015
» Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam admitted Wednesday he would approach legal expert Meechai Ruchupan to head the new Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC).
PM seeks speedier time frame for charter drafting
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 16/09/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has suggested trimming down a planned six-month time frame to draft a new constitution and amending the interim charter to speed up the process towards democracy.
It’s all about love
News, Published on 12/09/2015
» A controversy has sprung up over a two-episode television lakhon inspired by the late Gen Romklao Thuwatham, even though filming has not yet begun.
Drafters 'to blame' for charter rejection
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/09/2015
» The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) is demanding those behind the botched draft charter must take responsibility for its failure.
Prayut urges NRC to use logic in charter vote
Published on 04/09/2015
» With less than 48 hours left before the fate of the draft constitution is known, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has called on National Reform Council (NRC) members to exercise fair judgement before they vote on it.