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TV show to include charter critics

TV show to include charter critics

Critics will be allowed to appear on a new TV show about the charter draft, Election Commissioner (EC) Somchai Srisuthiyakorn said on Monday.

Somchai said the Thai PBS television station would help produce and broadcast the programme on the charter draft. It will be aired during the last week before a referendum on the draft, from July 25 to August 5, between 1pm to 2pm.
The EC will be responsible for determining the content to be broadcast in the 10 episodes of the show, focusing on clarifying “mistakes” that people have made about the draft, such as state welfare matters like the healthcare scheme and free education, plus political issues, such as the “origin” of the prime minister.
“Academics from the Internet Dialogue Law Reform (iLaw) as well as New Democracy Movement (NDM) will appear in the programme in at least four episodes,” Somchai said, referring to pro-democracy civil society and activist groups.
Six other episodes will feature charter drafters and representatives of other civil society groups, he said. He wanted the show to be informative, not a stage where rivals try to win over the other. He would try to prevent images of one group bashing another, so the show would be taped – not live, Somchai said.
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