In Thailand, an elected constitutional drafting assembly may still possible despite court ruling

A fully elected Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) remains a viable option for charter reform, says People's Party (PP) list-MP Parit Wacharasindhu, after Constitutional Court judges clarified that a recent ruling does not bar the public from directly electing members of such a body. In a Facebook post on Saturday, Mr Parit said a meeting on June 18 between MPs, senators and judges clarified ruling No.18/2025 and provided greater flexibility in designing the constitution-writing process. The ruling says the public cannot directly elect those who draft a constitution. The judges' remarks were not part of a formal ruling by the full court but were offered as guidance on how the decision should be understood. Mr Parit said the judges explained the restriction applies only to a committee responsible for drafting the constitution's content, not to a publicly elected CDA.
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