The government will seek an extraordinary parliamentary session later this month to deliberate a bill on a national referendum in its second and third readings, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.
He said the government will propose the session be held on March 17-19.
The national referendum bill, sponsored by the government, passed its first reading in December last year and is necessary for the charter amendment process.
Among charter amendments requiring a referendum are changes to Chapter 1 which contains general provisions, Chapter 2 which deals with the monarchy and Chapter 15 which covers constitutional amendments, including Section 256.
Charter amendment bills which passed their second reading late last month seek changes to Section 256 to pave the way for the setting up of a Charter Drafting Assembly (CDA) whose members will supposedly…
