No need to delay referendum: survey
Most people surveyed by Bangkok Poll think that it is not necessary to postpone the August 7 public referendum on the charter draft, according to the poll results released Saturday.
The question over whether the referendum should be deferred has been raised after the Ombudsman requested the Constitutional Court ruling over whether Clause 2 of the Article 61 of the referendum law violated people’s rights and liberty as guaranteed by Article 4 of the interim charter 2014.
The Clause 2 banned dissemination of false, vulgar and inciting messages through the media.
Of total, 67 per cent believed the referendum should not be deferred, 20 per cent said it should be postponed and 12 per cent said they were not certain.
About 46 per cent said the charter draft should be altered to reduce conflicts among political groups, 38 per cent said no and 15 per cent said they were not certain.
Around 63 per cent said they supported Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to continue to be in his post if the charter draft does not pass the referendum, 21 per cent said they did not support him, 15 per cent said they were not sure.
