Signature campaign for charter change to complete Jan 20
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The campaign to solicit the signatures of 50,000 voters is expected to complete by January 20 in order to sponsor a motion on charter amendment, Pheu Thai MP Sanguan Pongmanee said on Thursday.
“The motion to amend the Constitution should be ready for legislative debate by next month,” he said.
Sanguan said the gist of the motion was to pave way for the formation of the Constitution Drafting Assembly by amending the charter’s Article 291 pertaining to the charter rewrite.
He said the draft to amend Article 291 was already finalised, spelling out the details of the CDA.
The CDA should comprise 101 elected charter writers. The deadline to complete the rewrite is 240 days. The 77 CDA seats will be allocated to each province and the remaining 24 seats will include leading figures from the academic circle.
The referendum vote will be organised following the completion of the charter draft.
