PM wants transitory provisions chapter to include reform plans
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PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha said that the transitory provisions chapter of the new constitutional draft should include the reform plans during the transitional period to ensure the arduous work over the past two years would not be in vain.
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan also said this would help facilitate concerned agencies including the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to accomplish a peaceful transitional period as well as the 20-year national strategic plan.
PM Prayut made the remarks after the weekly Cabinet meeting yesterday, where the Cabinet was scheduled to look into the charter content to make its own version of recommendations to the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC). However, they decided to submit their version after next weeks meeting.
Prayut said the reform schemes should be enforced through laws, procedures and measures, but more importantly, they should be in line with the 20-year national strategy as well as the National Economic and Social Development plan prepared by the Office of the National Economics and Social Development Board.
“There would be no power lost during the transitory provisions, [but] the reform plans should be carried out,” he said.
The plans as well as their timeframe should be stipulated in the transitory provisions or relevant organic laws, Prayut said, explaining that he did not want the charter to be amended too often.
