Same purpose, different method

THURSDAY, JULY 05, 2012
Same purpose, different method

Let's hope the Constitution Court will rule once and for all that any attempt to wholly rewrite the charter - by way of setting up a constitution-drafting committee, for example - is tantamount to staging a coup.

 

Why? Because all successful coup-makers in the past have done exactly that – tear up the constitution and write a new one to suit the purpose of a new dictator.
Let’s see to it that national referenda are held both before and after the drafting of such amendments in order to make them valid.
Vint Chavala
Lamphun