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Parties push for 14 changes to charter
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published : 17 Jun 2021 at 05:00
57 House Speaker Chuan Leekpai, left, receives charter change drafts from opposition leader Sompong Amornvivat at the parliament in Bangkok on Wednesday. (Parliament photo)
Three coalition parties and the opposition are making a unified stand to strip the Senate of its power to take part in selecting a premier by seeking to alter the charter through 14 amendment drafts.
The Bhumjaithai, Democrat and Chartthaipattana parties along with the opposition bloc on Wednesday filed 14 drafts between them seeking to rectify multiple sections in the constitution.
Between them, they have outlined many different key areas in the charter they want changed.
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