Thai constitutional referendum bill forwarded to King amid widespread rejection of draft constitution

<p>Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha signed a bill pertaining the constitutional referendum and submitted it to the king for approval on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said, though the new charter draft remains controversial.<span style="line-height: 20.4px;">&nbsp;</span></p><p>Thailand is to hold the referendum on the draft constitution on August 7 to replace the current interim constitution adopted in July 2014, after the May 2014 coup.<span style="line-height: 20.4px;">&nbsp;</span></p><p>The deputy prime minister also said that the cabinet had supported a 2.99 billion baht (85.51 U.S. dollars) budget proposed by the Election Commission to organize the referendum, Bangkok Post reported.</p>
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