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	Speaking at Parliament to announce the completion is his first draft, Meechai said the chief of the National Council for Peace and Order needs Article 44 as a tool to ensure that transitional period would remain peaceful until the next government is elected.</div>
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	&ldquo;If the NCPO is deprived of its power, how can it work?&rdquo; Meechai said.</div>
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Meechai says Article 44 retained in provisional clauses

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Meechai says Article 44 retained in provisional clauses

Meechai Ruchuphan, the chairman of the Constitution Drafting Commission, said Friday the draconian Article 44 of the interim charter is retained in the provisional chapter of the draft constitution.

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