The charter amendments committee led by Sombat Thamrongthanyawong will on Thursday's morning convene its first meeting and Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajival is scheduled to attend and outline his guidelines for the committee's work.
The 19-member committee has been tasked to review the charter amendments designed to improve on the political system as part of the reconciliation process.
Sombat, also president of the National Institute for Development Administration, said his committee will debate on its work process and how to solicit opinions related to the charter rewrite.
The scope of the committee's work will comprise three aspects - review the six issues for amending the charter as per the recommendations of the reconciliation committee, strengthen the political system and increase the people's participation.
Committee member Wuthisan Tanchai said he expected a greater involvement of the public sector to assist in the committee's work. He also hinted that a referendum vote might be deemed necessary at some point in the charter rewriting process.
The committee decided following its first meeting to form three subcommittees to take charge for each of the three aspects of work..
The first subcommittee, led by committee member Sakda Thanitkul, will be in charge of the six issues for charter amendments. Sakda is the dean of Chulalongkorn University's Law Faculty.
The second subcommittee, led by academic Sawaeng Boonchalermwipat, is responsible for the review of the political system.
The third subcommittee, led by former government spokesman Chaiya Yimwilai, is in charge of the people's participation.
The committee has scheduled its next meeting on June 30 to debate the work plans submitted by the three subcommittees.