D-day for new Constitution
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The National Reform Council (NRC) is scheduled to vote on the new charter draft today at 10am.
At 9am, many of NRC members were seen arriving at the Parliament building.
The vote on the draft would be conducted openly with each NRC member casting his or her vote orally. No discussions or explanations regarding either the draft or the vote would be permitted.
To approve the draft, it requires simple majority or 124 votes out of the total 247 members. The result of the NRC vote would be known about two hours after the start of voting process.
If the charter passes the reform council, the NRC members would further discuss whether or not to ask an additional question in the national referendum.
If the council members agree to add, they would deliberate on what the question would be.
But if the NRC votes down the charter, the process of drafting a new charter will have to re-start with a new 21 drafters appointed by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to draft it.
No matter it votes for or against the draft, the NRC will be dissolved at midnight of the same day.
Prior the vote begins, the security at the Parliament is beefed up. The road in front of the Parliament is close due to security. However, a man represented a network to protect the country tried to hand out a document to protest against the charter draft but was not allowed and asked by the police to leave the area.
