Thai PM pledges support for a “People’s Constitution”

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Sunday that a “People’s Constitution” is the ultimate goal of the government and all of Thai society.

Writing in his Constitution Day X post, the prime minister said that writing a Constitution is a major task which must involve all stakeholders, who must push for a “People’s Constitution”.

As a government under the Constitution, he said the administration is duty-bound to make it possible for such a supreme law to be written and promulgated.

Meanwhile Nikorn Chamnong, chief of a sub-committee gathering opinions from every corner of the country about a referendum on amending the current charter, said that theirtask has now been completed.

He said that the feedback from the people is very encouraging, as most want a new charter to be written by a constitution drafting council, while accepting that their will be many…