More than 700 people have withdrawn support for a charter amendment proposal sponsored by the Internet Dialogue on Law Reform (iLaw).
Ramet Rattanachaweng, secretary to parliament president Chuan Leekpai, said a total of 737 people have sent letters to parliament asking to have their names removed from the petition supporting the bill.
The iLaw’s charter amendment draft was initially signed by 100,732 people when it was handed to the parliament president.
The names of the signatories were being verified for their authenticity with the deadline set for today.
Mr Ramet said the withdrawal of support was unlikely to affect the iLaw draft’s passage through parliament. Under the charter, petition proposals require the support of at least 50,000 people to be deliberated by parliament.
Mr Chuan will meet government, opposition and Senate representatives to discuss when…
