Peerasak says Senate can nominate PM candidate

Peerasak rejected criticism from politicians that the NLA had designed a special mechanism through the additional question to help the National Council for Peace and Order extend its power, arguing that the mechanism aims to prevent the charter from being scuttled.
He said for the first five years after the next general election, political parties would nominate PM candidates and the Senate had the right to vote to select the PM but if this process failed to achieve that, it could pave the way for a second process in which the Senate nominated PM candidates.
“The second process is optional. It is designed to prevent a crisis by allowing the Senate to nominate the PM, which is not against the intention of the additional referendum question,” he said.
“This special mechanism to prevent political crises is the charter draft’s strength. We have not designed it to benefit any particular individual.’’