In Thailand, political party submits three constitutional amendment bills

The opposition Move Forward party has submitted three draft bills to parliament today, seeking amendments to the Constitution. Move Forward spokesman Parit Wacharasindhu said that the draft bills seek to abrogate all edicts and orders issued by the post-coup administration, known as the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), which toppled the elected government of Yingluck Shinawatra in 2014. The drafts aim to prevent and resist future military takeovers and to scrap the 20-year National Strategic Plan. Parit explained that Move Forward decided to submit its own version of constitutional amendments to the House, because the process of crafting a new charter will take about two years which, they claim, is too slow. He said parliament can deliberate the party’s draft bills in parallel with the writing of a new charter.
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