The Constitutional Court voted 7 to 0 to reject the request of the Speaker of the National Assembly to decide whether How many referendums will be required to amend the Constitution in 2017? And in what steps? There are differences of opinion between Pheu Thai and Kaoklai and Democrat Party. Pheu Thai saw that The referendum was held all 3 times in order to be as safe as possible. But the opposition sees that the 2017 Constitution already clearly stipulates amendments to the Constitution. The Constitutional Court should not be involved in controversial issues other than the referendum. Amendment of the referendum law It also spreads to the overlap between Amending the Constitution and repealing the Constitution Amending the Constitution in 2017 by citing the amendment of Section 256 and adding Section 15/1, Drafting a New Constitution, to the issue, does it amount to a repeal of the Constitution? Based on the conflict on this issue presented by the Pheu Thai Party. As a result, the president of the council decided to send it to the Constitutional Court to decide. It is an amendment to the constitution or repeal of the constitution. Had to extend the time again. which the Settha Thaweesin government included as an urgent policy It was delayed for 7 months. In the end, it came back to the matter of holding a referendum before amending the constitution on whether there should be a new constitution or not to interfere further. It is a reason for the government to interpret that There must be a referendum for all 3 rounds and confirm the referendum process to the approval of The Cabinet is gone. Hold a referendum before amending the constitution. After the constitutional amendment, Section 256 (Constitutional Amendment) was passed by the parliament, and after the drafting of the new constitution by S.R., what questions will be used in the first round of the referendum? Do you approve of the drafting of a new constitution? without amending the royal category There is also an important obstacle. Amending the constitution will require a vote of the Senate, while this Senate’s term will expire on May 11th. Therefore, amending the constitution must wait. The new set of senators who will be recruited will likely take several more months. This is not included in the budget for the referendum, which is not less than 3,000 million baht. Therefore, whether the referendum will be held 2 times or 3 times depends on when the Speaker of the House will put it on the constitutional amendment agenda. And how can we solve the legal issues that are still unclear? Whether it will be passed or not will depend on the hands of MPs and Senators in the House of Representatives when amending the constitution. It was included in the government’s urgent policy statement to the House of Representatives. How will it be wrong? Does the government really want to amend the constitution? The Pheu Thai government must inevitably carry out its policy. As for whether the constitution will be overturned in the parliament or not passed by the parliament because it does not want to amend this constitution. It’s a technical matter. majority government Heads and tails can be made in any way, and we will still have to insist on amending the constitution. Just because you want to change the power of the Senate, just because of the advantage or disadvantage in the election of MPs or the origin of the Senators, or if it’s more than this. In exchange for a budget of more than 3 billion baht to meet the needs of politicians. And then get a constitution to enforce in a half-democracy system, what will the people get? Iron Fist mudlek@thairath.co.th Click to read the column. More about “carrying the child with the flower in the mouth”
