Paiboon shrugs off Thaksin's charter jibes
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It's not surprising that Thaksin Shinawatra is critical of the charter draft because he doesn't stand to gain from it, Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) member Paiboon Nititawan said Sunday.
The draft reflects the desire of people nationwide and various sectors of society according to surveys and public hearings, Paiboon said in response to comments made by the fugitive former prime minister on YouTube.
On Friday during a trip to Finland, Thaksin criticised the charter draft as the “worst draft in terms of democracy’’.
Paiboon said Thaksin was entitled to his opinion.
“I am not surprised that this charter draft is the worst in the opinion of Thaksin. What he wants most is the 1997 charter because he stands to gain the most so it is not surprising that he would go against this reform charter draft.’’
“We have to see the results of the vote by the National Reform Council on whether it would accept the charter or not,’’ he said.
