Cabinet undecided on draft
A man joins 50 other protesters from the Four Regions Slum Network campaigning in front of Parliament to call for the constitution draft to include rights for the homeless. Prasong Soonsiri, head of the Constitution Drafting Committee, and his deputy Choo
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The Cabinet yesterday suggested a few changes to the constitution draft, including maintaining that the public prosecutor works under the government.
The Surayud Cabinet did not reach any conclusions over the controversial points in the draft, even though they debated for over one hour about having Buddhism as the state religion, having a panel to solve the country's crises and a new election system. Office of the Court of Justice spokesman Saravud Benchakul said the Court of Justice made recommendations that the Supreme Court president should not be involved in political duties such as being a selection committee member for independent agencies and as member of a panel to solve the country's crises. It also disapproved of the clause that requires the Supreme Court to issue a verdict to call a new election and revoke MPs' electoral rights, as well as rule on election cases. It reasoned that the move runs against checks and balances. Saravud said the judges also disapproved of the constitution draft that reduces the number of judges from the lower courts as members of the Judicial Commission from four to two judges. They want the constitution to keep the number of judges from the lower court at four.
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