Drafters 'to blame' for charter rejection!!

 

 

Borwornsak Uwanno (above) blames the media's emphasis on

 political parties for the failure of his "aim to empower people".

The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD)

 

 is demanding those behind the botched draft charter must take

 

 responsibility for its failure. The National Reform Council (NRC)

 

 voted 135–105  on Sunday to reject the charter, with seven

 

 abstentions. The UDD said the entire charter process, from

 

 forming a draft panel to the vote, had no legitimacy and did

 

 not conform with democratic principles, adding it must not

 

be allowed to take place again. "The charter drafting centered

 

 on individuals and adhering to the wishes of those in supreme

 

 power is unacceptable in democratic terms. This will affect

 

 the confidence of people at home and overseas," the group said.

 

 It called for the immediate restoration of the now-abolished

 

1997 constitution. Following the rejection of the draft charter,

 

 a 21-member drafting committee will be set up within the

 

 next 30 days. This panel will be required to draft a new

 

 charter within 180 days.

Suriyasai Katasila, deputy dean for Rangsit University's

 

 College of Social Innovation, said the make-up of the new

 

 panel will indicate whether the new draft would be an

 

 improvement.

Analysis: 'Job security' swayed  vote.

He called on the National Council for Peace and Order

 

(NCPO) to speed up reform in key areas including inequality,

 

policing, corruption, power decentralisation and energy.

 

Meanwhile, NCPO spokesman Winthai Su­va­ree said Prime

 

 Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has thanked the NRC and the

 

 Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC), both now defunct,

 

 for their hard work. He said the vote result should not be

 

 used to stir up conflict. NRC member Sira Janejakha, who

 

supported the charter, said there was heavy lobbying from

 

 senior officials to vote against it. However, his colleague

 

 Wanchai Sornsiri, who voted no, said neither Gen Prayut nor

 

 his deputy Prawit Wongsuwon asked the NRC to overturn

 

the draft constitution. Former CDC chairman Borwornsak

 

 Uwanno said he regretted that the charter, which had

 

aimed to empower people, would not see the light of day,

 

blaming the media for giving too much attention to politicians'

 

 opinions. He added he would not join a new charter drafting

 

 

 panel. Anusorn Iamsa-ard, acting deputy spokesman of the

 

 Pheu Thai Party, said the public should keep a close eye on

 

 whether the NRC members who voted down the draft

 

charter would be appointed to the National Reform  Steering

 

Committee by the NCPO, perhaps as a "reward" for

 

 rejecting the charter. Meanwhile, Democrat leader Abhisit

 

 Vejjajiva said he wanted to appeal to all parties to improve

 

 the charter to bring about reform. ''The good things

 

should be kept, and weak points fixed." Activists from the

 

New Democracy Movement and affiliated groups called for

 

the new draft charter to be written with the public's participation.

 

 Rangsiman reform. ''The good things should be kept, and

 

weak points fixed." Activists from the New Democracy

 

Movement and affiliated groups called for the new draft

 

 charter to be written with the public's participation.

 

 Rangsiman Rome, a student activist, said the charter must

 

 come from the people as their rights are enshrined in a

 

constitution. Sirawit Serithiwat, from the Democracy Study

 

 group, called for the new charter drafting panel members to be

 

 elected. He said it was the only way to ensure the process was

 

 transparent and represented the public's interests.

 

 Student activists said the charter vote was "another act of

 

a theatrical  show" orchestrated by the NCPO. They vowed

 

 to campaign against the government if it appointed the new

 

 charter drafters instead of electing them. "We have never

 

accepted the NCPO's orders and are not afraid, ,"

 

 said Mr Rangsiman.

 

Federation of Thai Industries chairman Suphan Mongkulsuthee

 

said the decision to reject the draft charter would not affect

 

 investors.

 

 Issara Wongkusolkij, the Thai Chamber of Commercechairman,

 

said that as long as the country was peaceful, trade and

 

investment would flourish.

News, General,Bangkok Post, 7 September 2015.

 

 

I am disagree with the UDD to say that the down vote

 draft charter had no  legitimacy and did not conform

 with democratic principles.

For the purpose is all for the people only add some issues

to match with Thai democracy and solve the political crisis

and the corruption.

 

Agree with the leader of the democrate party ,Abhisit

that ''The good things should be kept, and weak points fixed."

 

The rejection of the draft charter do not effect the economic

 

of the country, but it give the benefit to the government to

 

have more time to refrom the country in major important

 

point,such as corruption and the agricultural problem.

 

Hope the new committee that will set to write the new draft

charter can make a new one that can lead to sustainable

and true democracy match with the need of the society

and the benefit of the country.

 

Sincerely Yours.