Prayut hints Thais should accept charter draft
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has dropped a hint that he wanted Thais to accept the charter draft that the National Reform Council will vote on this Sunday.
If the NRC votes to support the charter daft, a public referendum would be held soon.
“I have set the rules as if I am preparing this food for you to eat but you choose not to eat. If you want new food to eat, you can find it elsewhere,’’ he said.
He said the fate of the charter was not dependent on him giving an order but on Thais’ vision for the country and whether they could learn to live together.
“Do you want to live amid political conflicts as before?’’ he said.
“Have anyone said after an election is held, ‘The country will be peaceful. There will not be protests, street massacres and bomb attacks?’ Has anyone guaranteed elected governments can solve these problems,’’ Prayut said.
Prayut said the public had to be assured there would not be arm-wrestling during the administration of future elected governments.
“An elected government should answer the society how it can stop such incidents from repeating and what reforms it is planing to do. Do not quarrel over whether we should reject or accept the charter draft,’’ he said.
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