Senators want the Constitutional Court to decide if rewriting the charter and even the process of amending it should be allowed.
Sen Direkrit Jenkrongtham said on Sunday a group of senators had signed a petition asking for the court to consider three contentious proposals.
They are a change to Section 256, the setting-up of a charter drafting assembly and whether Parliament should also discuss a draft proposed by civic group iLaw, whose ideas are similar to the six other charter amendment bills already tabled for debate.
The charter change drafts are set to be considered by parliament next week.
The senators want the court to consider the legality of the proposal as Section 256 of the charter allows only a charter amendment, not a charter rewrite, said Mr Direkrit.
The required number of senators had signed the motion to be submitted to parliament, he said.
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