‘Rivers of power’ members eligible for junta-selected Senate: Meechai
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MEMBERS OF the “four rivers of power”, including the Cabinet and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), will be eligible to sit in the junta-selected Upper House, chief charter author Meechai Ruchupan said Wednesday.
However, according to the charter draft, candidates must quit their current offices within 90 days after the charter comes into effect, he added.
Members of the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) cannot hold political positions for two years after the new constitution comes into force, the charter draft stipulates.
Meechai’s clarification dealt with the additional question that empowers the unelected Senate to join the Lower House in selecting prime ministers, which was approved as part of the military-backed referendum on Sunday.
