Thailand's constitutional court dismisses legislature's petition for referendum interpretation

The Constitutional Court dismissed the House of Representatives' petition asking for an interpretation of regulations related to the number of public referendums necessary for a charter rewrite. Seven of the nine judges in court on Wednesday voted to reject the request, saying the court had already issued an interpretation on the topic in 2021. On March 29, the House voted 233 to 103 to ask the charter court for a ruling on how many public referendums would be needed for a new Constitution to be written. [ . . . ] Coalition leader Pheu Thai had proposed to amend Article 256, allowing the entire Constitution to be rewritten. Pheu Thai and Move Forward both agreed that there should be two referendums – one after Article 256 is amended and another after the new charter draft is approved by the charter drafting assembly. However, the government committee in charge of the charter amendment believes there should be three referendums, with the first being held before the bill to amend Article 256 is submitted to Parliament.
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