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Fri, 02/11/2011 - 13:50
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Thai Parliament passes final reading of more key amended sections of 2007 Charter
BANGKOK, Feb 11 (TNA) - Thailand's Lower and Upper Houses, in its joint sitting, approved late Friday afternoon (Feb 11) the final reading of another draft bill to amend Articles 93-98, key sections of the Kingdom's 2007 Constitution, by the majority vote of 347:37 with 42 abstentions.
The amended Articles 93-98 require a total of 500 MPs in the Thai House of Representatives, 375 seats of which are to be filled by single-MP constituencies and the remaining 125 are to be appointed under the party-list system. They have been changed from the existing Article 93-98—which require the Thai House to have 480 MPs, 400 of them are to be elected in constituencies with one to three MPs each and the remaining 80 are to be appointed under the party-list system.
Earlier Friday, another draft bill to amend Article 190, also a key section of the Kingdom's 2007 Constitution, was also endorsed at the joint parliamentary session by the majority vote of 397:19, 10 abstentions. The amended Article 190 prescribes frameworks for Thailand's international agreements, regarding Thai Parliament's approval of any international accord.
However, the vote on both of the Thai Charter amendment bills was made without the presence of any MP of the opposition Puea Thai Party--who all boycotted and staged a walk-out--leaving only government MPs and senators to vote. There are now some 624 government MPs and senators in the joint parliamentary session and a vote of at least 312 is needed to pass any Charter amendment bill. (TNA)
The amended Articles 93-98 require a total of 500 MPs in the Thai House of Representatives, 375 seats of which are to be filled by single-MP constituencies and the remaining 125 are to be appointed under the party-list system. They have been changed from the existing Article 93-98—which require the Thai House to have 480 MPs, 400 of them are to be elected in constituencies with one to three MPs each and the remaining 80 are to be appointed under the party-list system.
Earlier Friday, another draft bill to amend Article 190, also a key section of the Kingdom's 2007 Constitution, was also endorsed at the joint parliamentary session by the majority vote of 397:19, 10 abstentions. The amended Article 190 prescribes frameworks for Thailand's international agreements, regarding Thai Parliament's approval of any international accord.
However, the vote on both of the Thai Charter amendment bills was made without the presence of any MP of the opposition Puea Thai Party--who all boycotted and staged a walk-out--leaving only government MPs and senators to vote. There are now some 624 government MPs and senators in the joint parliamentary session and a vote of at least 312 is needed to pass any Charter amendment bill. (TNA)
