Constitution Drafting Committee: the entire Thai Senate would be appointed

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thailand’s new 200-member Senate will be not elected directly by voters and the prime minister will no longer have to be an elected lawmaker, according to the committee that is drafting a new constitution.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.4000015258789px;">Although the proposals have to be approved by the military-appointed National Reform Council, the Cabinet and the junta leaders, critics called them a setback for their hopes for a return to democracy, saying it limits the people’s power represented in Parliament.</span></p>
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