Govt performance should come before charter rewrite
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The government should strive to ensure job performance with results to show to the people before amending the charter, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung said on Wednesday.
“The government pledges the charter rewrite within one year but it has just assumed office for four months and the rewrite is not an urgent issue,” he said.
Chalerm said he disagreed to a hasty move to tackle charter amendments, seen as controversial.
He said the government was making significant progress on its four priorities – drug suppression, revitalising the economy, curbing the spread of royal insult in cyberspace and rooting out corruption.
If the popularity increases due to achievements on the four priorities, then the government will be in a good position to deal with the controvery related to amending the charter, he said.
The process to amend the charter would include the formation of the Constitution Drafting Assembly, the holding of referendum on draft provisions and the legislative debate on the final passage of the draft, he said.
He urged Pheu Thai MPs not to make redundant remarks on the charter amendments in order to avoid confusion.
Commenting on the push by MPs from the red-shirt movement to put the charter rewrite on a fast-track, he said he could not stop any politicians from voicing their opinions although he would try to reason with them.
