The Senate on Tuesday rejected the House resolution for a referendum on a charter rewrite by a people-elected constitution-drafting assembly, by 157 votes to 12.
The 250-member appointed Senate sat in special session on Tuesday to consider the House resolution – that the cabinet hold a referendum on a charter rewrite by a people-elected constitution-drafting assembly. Only two-thirds of the senators voted.
A senate committee had previously vetted the opposition-sponsored House resolution.
On Tuesday senator Somchai Sawaengkarn, chairman of the committee, told the sitting that his panel opposed the House resolution because the country did not need a wholly rewritten charter….
