Bangkok Post – MFP backs Pheu Thai on 2 charter referendums

The Move Forward Party (MFP) has voiced support for Pheu Thai’s proposal to hold two referendums on charter amendment and insisted that members of a charter drafting assembly must be elected.

Parit Wacharasindhu, a Move Forward list-MP and party spokesman, said on Tuesday that the party agreed with deputy Pheu Thai leader Chusak Sirinil, who suggested that only two referendums should be enough.

The MFP also agreed with Pheu Thai’s call for a charter drafting assembly to comprise elected members, though the parties still have different opinions on the drafting assembly’s power to amend Chapters 1 and 2 of the charter, Mr Parit said.

Chapter 1 contains sections defining Thailand as a single, indivisible…