Final charter draft submitted to Prayut

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016
Final charter draft submitted to Prayut

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday received a revised charter draft from chief drafter Meechai Ruchupan for the government’s 30-day review prior to royal endorsement.

The charter draft was revised accordingly with an additional referendum topic requiring that both House and Senate be empowered to select the prime minister during five-year transitional period.
Deputy PM and Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, Deputy PM Wissanu Krea-ngam, PM’s Office Ministers Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana and ML Panadda Diskul also joined Prayut in an-hour discussion with Meechai.