Listing PM candidates is 'the right approach'
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CHARTER writing chief Meechai Ruchupan has stood firm over the requirement that parties list candidates to be prime minister, saying it is not a door for a non-elected PM.
The top government job would be determined by a three-stage process involving political parties, voters, and the House of Representatives, he said.
“It was a misunderstanding that people said this [the PM list] would be for an outsider [non-elected] PM,” he said. “Those who can choose the candidate are firstly the party, then the voters, and lastly the Lower House [of Parliament].”
Meechai reiterated that the intention of the proposal was for voters to know beforehand who the candidates to be national leader are.
“It wasn’t like we would stipulate in the draft who in particular could become PM,” he said.
