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	Meechai is also appointed now a member of National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).</div>
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	Other 20 members have been also appointed. The official appointment was revealed after the NCPO&#39;s meeting chaired by its head Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha who is also the prime minister.</div>
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	Meechai&#39;s CDC will have six months from now to draft a new charter draft.</div>
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	The former CDC was dissolved after National Reform Council voted down its charter draft.</div>

NCPO appoints new new charter drafting panel

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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nongluck is a senior economic journalist covering the macroeconomics, real estate, and corporate investment strategies driving growth across Thailand and Southeast Asia</span></span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Angsana New&quot;,serif">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

NCPO appoints new new charter drafting panel

Veteran legal expert Meechai Ruchupan has been appointed chairman of new Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC), deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Monday.

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