Parliament tapped a referendum on the draft constitution to pass when more than half of the people exercised their rights.
February 25 Resolution Reported at a joint Parliamentary meeting with Mr. Chuan Leekpai The President of the National Assembly serves as the chairman of the meeting. Consider the draft constitution amending Section 256/16 on the referendum.
by Mr. Rangsiman Rome The MPs, the party’s roster, as a minority voter, clarified that the problem is that if it appears that less than half of the voters have the right to vote, the draft constitution has a fall. Which the words contained within the said section Is equivalent to If someone does not exercise the right to vote in a referendum Which is a large proportion And made less than half of the voters Will cause the draft constitution to be prepared for the end of the result He thought that it would not be completely correct There may be a phenomenon where the authorities at that time did not want to draft this constitution. But did not dare to campaign against Until there may be a case of no public relations People do not know there is a referendum.
Rangsiman said If that’s the case, it would be dangerous, a trap, and possibly a door that opened up for the authorities to destroy the Thammanoon government bodies we helped to do until the Senate and the constitution was drawn up. Reserved that if the voting rights are less than half To set a new referendum date
side Mr. Nikorn Chamnong List of MPs. Chart Thai Pattana Party, as the majority vote, clarified that the referendum Originally written that it was less than 1 in 5, but now there is a draft constitutional act on the referendum, according to Section 13 stating that the vote will be considered a settlement in Prepared to require more than half of the voters
Mr. Nikorn said Km. Saw that when there was The Organic Act on the referendum already We consider the people to be the constitutional founders. Which is not just the right person But those who do not have the right to vote are also covered by this law.
Mr. Nikorn said In the event that people with less than half of the voting rights cause the draft constitution to fall With concerns about inadequate publicity In the past, there has never been a referendum in which public relations were insufficient. But in order to prevent that in Section 19, two thirds of the council’s voice is required to start over. Which is already a defense that it is according to the law it should be.
Then the meeting voted to agree with The majority of the vote is to make a referendum on the draft constitution to be passed when More than half of those who came out to exercise their rights
With 521 Disagree, 42 Abstain, 17 Abstain and 1 Disappointed.
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