UDD rejects charter draft
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United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship key leader Thida Thavornseth said Sunday that the UDD rejected the draft because the election system would lead to a weak coalition government.
“The new government will be a lame duck and unstable one. It will be shortlived and the country will plunge into a crisis and is forced to bring in a non-elected PM,’’ she said.
Thida is opposed to allowing the Senate to vote to select the PM and impeach members of the legislative and executive branches.
Thida said her group disapproved of a too powerful Senate, saying non-elected Senators were given power to veto legislation, interfere in an elected government’s administration, endorse independent agencies and the Constitutional Court which supervises and elected government.
She said political parties that win election will not be able to carry out policies as they promise to voters during election campaigns without approval of independent agencies and the Constitutional Court.
