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Poll favours referendum on charter
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/11/2014
» Debate about whether the new constitution should be put up for national referendum is likely to heat up with a fresh poll showing most respondents favour a vote on the charter.
Most want charter referendum - Poll
Online Reporters, Published on 09/11/2014
» A large majority of the people say a public referendum should be held before a new charter, to be written by a constitution drafting committee (CDC), becomes effective, according to Suan Dusit Poll.
Public constitution vote likely
News, Published on 07/11/2014
» Most members of the Charter Drafting Committee (CDC) favour working from scratch, rather than from past charters, a spokesman for the committee said, adding that he believes the military junta will allow a public referendum on the nation's new constitution.
Next constitution 'will be totally new'
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/11/2014
» The charter to be written by the Constitution Drafting Committee is unlikely to be a modified version of former ones, but rather a totally new document based on the current situation to cope with problems that remain unsolved, Gen Lertrat Rattanawicharn said after a meeting of the CDC on Thursday.
Deputy PM insists charter 'not a script'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/11/2014
» Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam denied rumours Wednesday that charter drafters would draw up a new charter based on a "prepared script".
Next poll pushed to early 2016
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 18/10/2014
» The new permanent constitution is expected to be ready between September and October next year, after which a general election is expected in early 2016, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam says.
NRC recruits bristle with reform ideas
News, Published on 09/10/2014
» Members of the National Reform Council (NRC) have vowed to make a difference on issues such as state corruption and energy policy as they began reporting to parliament yesterday after receiving royal endorsement.
Chirmsak: Let public OK constitution
Online Reporters, Published on 08/10/2014
» The new, permanent constitution should be subject to approval by the people via a referendum and not simply imposed on the public, a prominent academic and member of the National Reform Council said Wednesday.
Southern radicals say peace push is merely a diversion
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/08/2013
» Holding peace talks is just a side strategy while revolutionary warfare remains the ideal goal for the clandestine Barisan Revolusi Nasional-Coordinate (BRN-C) movement, which has become more radical in confronting and making demands to the state. Achara Ashayagachat spoke to former militants and members of the movement in Yala.
Bring insurgents, supporters to justice, urges army chief
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/08/2012
» The estimated 9,000 insurgents and their sympathisers must be brought to justice if the government is to quell the insurgent violence, Army Commander Prayuth Chan-ocha says.