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Gender equality 'at risk'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/06/2015
» Women risk being excluded from senior roles in government at national and local levels unless the draft charter is amended, rights activists have warned.
CDC agrees to pare down draft charter
News, Published on 24/06/2015
» The Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) has agreed to trim down the draft charter, with more than 100 provisions targeted for change.
CDC urged to retain consumer-protection clause
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 23/06/2015
» Consumer advocates called on the chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee on Tuesday to retain a section of the draft charter establishing an independent organisation for consumer protection.
CDC chief denies red shirt claims
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 23/06/2015
» Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) chairman Borwornsak Uwanno yesterday rejected an allegation by red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan that he "looked down" on red-shirt demonstrators.
NLA gives nod to charter amendments
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/06/2015
» Proposed amendments to the interim charter, aimed mainly at clearing legal hurdles to allow the public to have a say on constitutional changes, and bring new faces into the cabinet, passed the National Legislative Assembly in three straight readings yesterday.
Two for the hot seat
News, Published on 06/06/2015
» The mid-year military reshuffle is just two months behind us, but all eyes are on the upcoming annual shake-up which promises much for observers and critics to talk about.
NRC group proposes election delay
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 03/06/2015
» Voters should be asked whether the general election should be delayed by two years to allow national reforms to be completed when they cast a vote on the new charter in a referendum.
Prayut rules out NRC tenure extension
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/05/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday insisted the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has no plans to amend the interim charter to extend the National Reform Council’s (NRC) tenure if the draft constitution is voted down.
Stop talking politics, CDC critics told
News, Published on 24/05/2015
» People are ignoring the draft charter’s focus on the rights and welfare of citizens and unfairly emphasising political parts of the document, Constitution Drafting Committee chairman Borwornsak Uwanno has said.
Borwornsak defends charter draft
Published on 23/05/2015
» The head of the constitution writers has defended the new charter, saying it is a first to give citizens unprecedented rights under almost 200 sections.