Elected 'People's Parliament' proposed
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A temporary "People's Parliament" should be established to bypass the country's political deadlock, a noted academic proposed while participating in a seminar panel Thursday.
Charat Suwannamala, a lecturer at Chulalongkorn University’s political science faculty, said it was unlikely that the February 2 election would be completed, or that the House of Representatives would have enough MPs to be opened.
Not having a sitting House or a government that can fully function would put the country at a great disadvantage, he said, so the People’s Parliament should be formed on a temporary basis to solve urgent problems facing the country, Charat said.
Unlike the proposal by the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) to establish an appointed council, members of the People’s Parliament would be elected, Charat said.
The Nation
