Pheu Thai rebukes Meechai over ‘distortion’ comment
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Pheu Thai Party politicians have called on Meechai Ruchupan and his team of charter drafters to be held responsible if the constitutional draft fails to pass a national referendum.
The politicians also criticised him for threatening to blame such a failure on people who try to distort the charter draft being written by the Constitution Drafting Commission.
Meechai, chairman of the CDC, had said the drafters were working to the best of their ability and were not concerned whether the draft passes a national referendum.
However, he added that if the draft failed to pass the vote it would be the result of people causing a misunderstanding among voters through distorted claims.
Phumtham Wechayachai, Pheu Thai’s caretaker secretary general, said in an open letter to Meechai that the CDC chairman seemed to believe that voters could be easily misled and influenced.
“His remark seems to reflect this thought. He does not seem to believe in the voters,” Phumtham said in his letter to Meechai. “He does not think that the voters have the potential to choose what they think is the best for them.
“On the contrary, he thinks that people are not clever and could be easily influenced. This is really an insult for the people.
“In fact, if the constitutional draft fails to pass the referendum, the drafters and those overseeing the process should be held responsible. It’s because they have caused the country to waste a lot of money, time and opportunity,” he said.
The letter was entitled “Phumtham’s Note to Meechai: Adhering to Democracy or Supporting Dictatorship?”.
